Friends of Mary Carroll Wetland | Environmental conservation organisation
Friends of Mary Carroll Wetland
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25.01.2022 NAIDOC walk - smoking ceremony & story telling by Aboriginal Elder 9 - 11am Mary Carroll wetlands today Tuesday 10th November
25.01.2022 Planting, weeding and celebrating a 70th birthday in May st - perfect spot with Melaleucas coming into flower
25.01.2022 Busy, exciting and productive morning - teaching - protocol of seed collecting, checking for seed pods, planting seeds (seeds collected last year) and then repotting ringed wallaby grass. While nature continued to be amazing. Kingfisher bathing in front of us was of course just the best.
24.01.2022 Armadale High School support unit returned today - what a great morning - Narelle from AGLG sorted plants and equipment and everyone planted and some weeded. Thanks for all your help.
24.01.2022 what a lovely surprise this Australian painted lady landed at my feet - one of those special moments
22.01.2022 short walk today looking at our flowering plants - found a few flys - one was beautiful - did you know that along with ants, flies can be pollinators and also looking for a feed. Of course lots didnt stop long enough to take a photo.
22.01.2022 Great morning for planting sedge - lots in -thank you to Swan Alcoa Landcare Program for funding our plants, Shane who organised everything and to the amazing people who came and planted, removed plants from pots and helped during the morning.
22.01.2022 Barcombe Way today
22.01.2022 Interesting - take a friend or two who dont think we have a problem with plastic and raise funds for WA Seabird Rescue - this group help us either taking sick birds or advise us when we have botulism in pelicans and pied stilts.
21.01.2022 Red tailed Black Cockatoos in May st every morning this week They are messy so please take care on the path under the Marri
20.01.2022 Lovely gentle walk with Jeanette this am around small wetland- 25 species of birds, 15 insects, spider, skinks and 18 different flowering species. lots of enjoyable scenery. Welcome to Jessica and Neil who have taken up challenge of caring for a spot at Mary Carroll Wetland. Looking forward to seeing photos as site progresses.
20.01.2022 Burt awards held by Burt Keogh recognised volunteers in the area - what an amazing, dedicated and from lots of different areas with in the community. Congratulations go to our very own Dee for being recognised for her commitment to Mary Carroll Wetland. Did you know Dee continued to come down during lock down to water so that our plants survived, comes every Monday to weed, plant and picks up rubbish, knows most of our plants by botanical name (shares with rest of group) and is often 1st person to spot our small crawling, hopping or flying insects. Mary Carroll Wetland is a better place for all your hard work.
20.01.2022 Come to Mary Carroll Wetland tomorrow morning (5.9.2020) between 9am - 12md and help plant sedge down from carpark in Eudoria st - wear old shoes or boots (water shallow to muddy - we do have some spare boots to lend), plants, tools and morning tea supplied - Shane (AGLG) has trailer loaded so join us - photo are pre-planting I wonder what it will look like tomorrow
19.01.2022 Lots of weeding in May st - plants doing well - our water level may not be coming up but rain is keeping our plantings happy.
19.01.2022 Did you pop down and have a look at grass garden? It's down near swings where Mary Carroll dedication stone is. Yes, Ross from AGLG has been busy again- paths are now down so take a walk amongst the grasses. Whole area looks so good and grasses are doing great.
19.01.2022 !st day of Spring and Happy Acacia Day - check out our amazing beautiful, even when wet, bright yellow acacias in flower now. On 5th September check them out at our community planting with Armadale Gosnells Landcare Group - Shane is planning sedge planting so wear rubber boots or old shoes - water shallow so suitable for children and fun for adults.
19.01.2022 Apologies to Armadale High School students - not sure what happened to your photos of you working hard - trying again A big thank you to your teacher Margaret for continuing to bring students to assist us at the wetland.
19.01.2022 Do keep an eye out our turtles are also on the move
19.01.2022 Blue tinge to all today - water reflection of the sky, dragonfly and wonderful painters from City of Gosnells did an amazing job painting the top of 'The Blue tree" Thank you so much
19.01.2022 As usual work morning - removed limbs that were trip hazard and popped red tipped sticks in so people don't step on our plants or a bull ants nest and then rain came so no morning tea home feeling very happy to hot shower. woopy rain !!!
17.01.2022 Barcombe way this am - beautiful - pink eared ducks, blue bill ducks, hard heads, Australian white ibis, Eurasian coots, Pacific black ducks, pied cormorants, Australian Shelducks, Grey teal and that was just waterbirds. There was a lovely chorus from Reed warbler and Kookaburra. We checked flowers for insects and found 18 different species on 4 different flowering plants and to finish the morning we checked our water for macro invertebrates - 20 species found plus tadpoles. Of course motorbike frogs joined in with all the chatter.
16.01.2022 Purple swamphens are busy destroying( they eat the bit near the bottom stem or roots) sedge on Verna st - lucky we have plenty in this patch - Im sure some of our Eurasian Coots will use some of sedge leaves to make their nests . Pied stilts are still around - counted 20 today - I wonder will they nest at Mary Carroll Wetland as our water is so low.
14.01.2022 out and about today
12.01.2022 Love the smell of wetland/ bushland after rain - bits from today
12.01.2022 Some of highlights of NAIDOC walk - Special Thanks to Neville for sharing his wisdom, his culture, smoking ceremony and knowledge of bush/wetland yesterday on NAIDOC walk. So informative and we learnt more about Aboriginal culture. Thanks you to Ripeka, City of Gosnells, for choosing Mary Carroll Wetland and organising event with Ingrid, Perth NRM. So well organised. Thanks go to Ross AGLG for bringing Tent to keep us dry during a sprinkle, helping with chairs & tables and sharing his knowledge of plants
11.01.2022 We may have to change new bird islands to frog islands - lots of motor bike frogs calling from the islands
11.01.2022 Lots of work done this morning - starting to prepare our sites for watering and in this very sandy dry area may even catch a bit more rain around the roots. Even though we had a nice drop of rain Monday a lot of soil was dry -of course we had company.
11.01.2022 Thanks to all the volunteers that came and helped today. We planted almost 1000 seedlings this morning with the Friends of Mary Carroll Wetland The sedges and... rushes we planted will provide fantastic habitat for wildlife such as frogs, water birds and insects. They will also help to reduce erosion and improve water quality in the wetlands. Thanks to Perth NRM and the Swan Alcoa Landcare Program for funding this project at Mary Carroll Park.
11.01.2022 R U OK day - as you walk around say hello to fellow walkers It was so wonderful to see our swans and cygnets are ok after being chased off their 1st nest by a dog off leash.. Cygnets are a couple of days old.
10.01.2022 Do you have a spare hour or two? - Nic and Deborah did - thanks for whipper snipping and hand weeding - what a difference in 2 hours - if you have some spare time make contact and help keep weeds down around our new plants. A couple of discoveries.
09.01.2022 Barcombe way view area - views worth a visit and enjoy the flowers while your there
09.01.2022 Pink eared duck has a unique call and is not heard very often. Turn up your sound and listen carefully.
09.01.2022 Wonderful morning at Southern River Community Garden - We were welcomed by Dorothy and committee, made to feel very much apart of the garden. We have agreed to join the community garden to grow our sedge over two years , so exciting. Thank you to Southern River Community Garden for sharing your space.
08.01.2022 Walked around the small wetland, so many flowers, just so pleased Swan Alcoa Landcare Program has supported our rehabilitation which has created a beautiful protective bushland around our wetland.
08.01.2022 We are excited! One month to go til the Aussie Backyard Bird Count! Australias largest annual bird count event is back for its 7th year! Held between 192...5 October, the Aussie Backyard Bird Count is a great way to connect with the birds in your backyard, no matter where your backyard happens to be. You can count in a suburban backyard, a local park, a patch of forest, down by the beach, or the main street of town. In fact, you dont even have to leave home, making it the ultimate Covid-safe activity! To take part all you need is 20 minutes and your favourite outdoor space. Not only will you be contributing to BirdLife Australias knowledge of Aussie birds, but there are also some great prizes on offer. Head over to the Aussie Backyard Bird Count website and register as a Counter today! https://aussiebirdcount.org.au/ The yearly bird count gives us a snapshot in time of bird numbers around the nation so if youve participated before and are raring to go remember the app doesnt kick in until the count begins on 19 October (one month to go!). #AussieBirdCount See more
07.01.2022 Looking forward to tomorrows walk as we walk looking at flowering, flying. nesting and crawling life in our seasonal wetland - Seasonal wetlands tend to dry over summer so let's enjoy views of water and our waterbirds before wetland dries. See you at 9am car park Eudoria St Gosnells
07.01.2022 This looks interesting
06.01.2022 some of little things in wetland - they fly, crawl and some pollinate our flowers.
05.01.2022 Even on a overcast day in a shower our wetland is beautiful and our waterbirds are still out and about
03.01.2022 Signs have gone up this week to remind everyone with a dog to keep them on a lead - thank you to majority of owners who always keep their dogs on a lead and pick up up doggy poos - huge thank you, you are keeping our wildlife safe while you enjoy our wetland.
02.01.2022 Quick!! We have just a few spots left at our upcoming Wildlife nesting box workshop on Saturday 28th of November. Simon Cherriman from INSiGHT Ornithology wi...ll teach us how to make and install artificial nesting hollows for a range of native wildlife To RSVP a spot, email [email protected] This workshop is possible through support from our Federal Member for Burt - Matt Keogh and the Communities Environment Program.
02.01.2022 Red Tailed Black Cockatoo chewing on a green Marri nut
02.01.2022 Join us this morning at Mary Carroll Lake in Gosnells. We are planting sedges and rushes with the Friends of Mary Carroll Wetland. Its a gorgeous day and the lake looks serene with all the water birds going about their business!
02.01.2022 Planted some Acacias we have grown - they have really taken off in last couple weeks and will be too big for next winter. Wattle birds were every where today and noisy.
01.01.2022 great morning weeding and we sure achieved a lot in Verna st. Some pictures of what we saw this am
