Geelong Field Naturalists Club in East Geelong, Victoria | Environmental conservation organisation

Geelong Field Naturalists Club

Locality: East Geelong, Victoria

Add/Update information

Reviews

Tags

• Community
• Community organisation
• Environmental conservation organisation

25.01.2022 Ideally, by the end of the week would be best for getting the records in, as it gives more time to confirm ID.

22.01.2022 Thursday at 11:00 AEDT This may be of interest: it's free but you need to register! https://events.humanitix.com/the-bird-way-with-jennifer-ack

19.01.2022 An event run by Bellarine Catchment Network and Bellarine Landcare, You need to register

18.01.2022 Two more days to get your entries in to the ANGAIR Photo Competition and vote for your favourite in the People's Choice Award! Closes midnight 30th September. Head to https://angairnatureshow.org.au/themes/create/photo-comp/

15.01.2022 The Surf Coast Shire is a separate Bioblitz region from Geelong , with several GFNC members involved. Unsurprisingly the list of species there is notable for the orchids and other wildflowers of that area. https://inaturalist.ala.org.au//great-southern-bioblitz-20 Today is the last day to make observations, but we can all still enter them into iNaturalist until the end of the week: to get through that photo backlog!

11.01.2022 Curlew Sandpipers, Banded Stilts, and the diminutive Red-necked Stint are just a few of the Ramsar listed birds that Craig Morley (a long standing GFNC member) has been observing in the Lake Connewarre area for over 40 years. Craig is a champion of citizen science and understands the role it can play in protecting and enhancing Ramsar habitats for migrating shorebirds. If you'd like to be involved as well contact us! https://youtu.be/nYV2BuGs2mo

10.01.2022 This week's warmer weather has lead to a mass hatching on butterflies. The Gardens have litterally hundres of cabbage white butterflies, but also Australian pai...nted ladies, yellow admirals, common grass blue butterflies and the first (male only) common brown butterflies Australian Pollinator week: https://www.australianpollinatorweek.org.au/ See more

10.01.2022 VOTING HAS ENDED! We absolutely love our Caring For Our Bays waterway heroes, but we are also so excited to launch our first 'Bush Heroes' species collection. A...nd we need your help! We have been working with local groups to choose the top 5 species and now we want to know your favourites! To vote for your favourite of the five, simply click 'like' on the photo of your chosen species. Please share far and wide! The species to choose from are: - Jacky Dragon - Blue-banded Bee - Short-beaked Echidna - Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo - Bellarine Yellow Gum Thank you to local photographers Donna Hall (Bee, Echidna), Kevin Teasdale (Cockatoo) and Lachlan Forbes (Lizard) for your beautiful images. #heroesofthebush #vote

09.01.2022 Interesting segment from Gardening Australia on local pollinating insects . How many can you find in your garden?

09.01.2022 The Little Birds is a delightful addition to the ANGAIR Nature Show. With sound you can identify all those little tweets you hear. You can find them at www.angairnatureshow.org.au/themes/wonder

08.01.2022 Calling out to all local artists, sculptors and photographers.

03.01.2022 Our Coastal Birds Workshop Series is still going! Registrations for the November workshops are open and we have two new ones! Check the full program and registe...r before it's sold out https://bit.ly/coastworkshop NOVEMBER WORKSHOPS ** NOV 4 - Biennial Count with Birdata ** - https://bit.ly/31LjuPy ** NOV 9 - Hooded Plover Nest Protection ** - https://bit.ly/2TukkvK ** NOV 10 - Advocacy: reaching influencers ** - https://bit.ly/34waT5h ** NOV 11 - Beach and dune weeds in South Australia and Victoria' **NEW!!** - https://bit.ly/3jyxX7s ** NOV 12 - Introduction to Shorebirds: Part 1 **NEW DATE!!** - https://bit.ly/2G1MzP7 ** ** NOV 25 - Speaking with the public - effective communication ** - https://bit.ly/2HsSo9b #ThinkBeachBirds #ProtectingHoodedPlover BirdLife Australia Australian National Shorebird Monitoring Australian Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment National Landcare Program Glenelg Hopkins CMA Corangamite Catchment Management Authority West Gippsland Catchment Management Authority Eyre Peninsula Landscape Board Kangaroo Island Landscape Board Northern and Yorke Landscape Board Limestone Coast Landscape Board Threatened Species Commissioner Sussan Ley MP Hills and Fleurieu Landscape Board NRM North Choose Cradle Coast Green Adelaide