Field Nats

Monthly Meeting:  Friday 8th November, 7.30pm, Uniting Church Chapel, Lyttleton St.

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Some recent ecological restoration projects in Hepburn Shire have demonstrated the value of ‘assisted natural regeneration’ and the benefits of leaving time to observe and work with a site’s natural resilience. A butterfly, the Bright-eyed Brown (Heteronympha cordace ssp. cordace) is emerging as a local flagship for this approach to restoration. Its story also interweaves […]

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Speaker: Brian Bainbridge (Biodiversity Officer, Hepburn Shire Council), “Habitat restoration for the Bright-eyed Brown”.

Excursion – Saturday 9th November, 1.00pm. “Trentham area – Habitat restoration for the Bright-eyed Brown”

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What are the habitat features that aid survival of the rare Bright-eyed Brown Butterfly? Brian will take us on a walking tour to inspect some sites around Trentham where habitat restoration has been carried out to support this special butterfly. We will then drive to Lyonville and follow the Domino trail east for about 700m

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Leader: Brian Bainbridge (Biodiversity Officer, Hepburn Shire Council)

Roadside Clean-up: Monday 11th November, 9am

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Come along and help do our bit for the community.  More hands, quicker work.  And you never know what treasure you might find! Meet: 9am near Tait’s Decorative Iron, corner of Willy Milly Rd and Pyrenees Highway, Castlemaine.   Bring: Gloves, water, sturdy footwear. Garbage bags and safety vests supplied. Contact: Geoff Harris (mob 0418

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Help keep our stretch of the Pyrenees Highway clean!

Excursion – Saturday October 19th,1.30pm, “Walmer biodiversity site”

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Our October excursion is to a private property in Walmer that has uncommonly rich biodiversity and is not generally available to the public. The site is one of the few places where Bitter Cryptandra (Cryptandra amara) is in good numbers in the district. Our guide will be local environmentalist and plant expert Ian Higgins, who received

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Leader – Ian Higgins

Monthly Meeting:  Friday 11th October, 7.30pm, Uniting Church Fellowship Room, Lyttleton St.

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Joint talk with BirdLife Castlemaine District. Island fauna and flora generally lacks the diversity that is found on larger land masses but compensates for this with unique and sometimes unexpected adaptions.  The talk will look at how species reach islands and how they evolve after they establish a population.  It will also look at some

Monthly Meeting:  Friday 11th October, 7.30pm, Uniting Church Fellowship Room, Lyttleton St. Read More »

Speaker: Euan Moore, “Birds on Islands – How they change over time. A New Zealand case study.”

Wednesday Wildflower Wander, 25th September, 4pm, Youngmans Track, Walmer

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Join us for another beautiful Wildflower Wander this week.  We will see the rare Goldfields Grevillea (Grevillea dryophylla), a large bank of the locally rare Dusty Miller (Spyridium parvifolium) as well as many other wildflowers including native orchids. Meet: in the Car Park north of the Railway Goods Shed in Kennedy St ready to leave

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Leader: Peter Turner

Wednesday Wildflower Wander, 18th September, 4pm, “The Monk”

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A beautiful walk circling up the Monk will be our next Wednesday Wildflower Wander. We will enjoy those wildflowers that enjoy a higher terrain, and maybe even see some stunning spiders! Meet: in the Car Park north of the Railway Goods Shed in Kennedy St ready to leave at 4 pm, returning by about 5.30

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Leader: Noel Young

Wednesday Wildflower Wander, 11th September, 4pm, Sinclairs Lane, Muckleford

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Our September Wednesday Wildflower Wanders will continue this week with a visit to the Muckleford Forest.  In addition to a magnificent show of different wildflowers including several orchids, we hope to see the rare Grevillea micrantha. Meet: in the Car Park north of the Railway Goods Shed in Kennedy St ready to leave at 4

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Leaders: Judy and Philip Hopley

Wednesday Wildflower Wander, 4th September, 4pm, Kalimna Park

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During September each year, we arrange late afternoon excursions on Wednesdays to nearby sites to enjoy the wonderful wildflower show in our local Box-Ironbark woodlands. Our first walk for the season will be a loop walk in Kalimna Park in an area that is well known for its wildflowers. Other walks in this series will

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Leaders: Peter and Rosemary Turner