St Arnaud is located at the Northern end of the Pyrenees Range on the

Eastern edge of the Wimmera Plains of Victoria.

The St Arnaud Field Naturalists Club is a not for profit charitable organisation run by volunteers.

We aim to provide a voice for nature conservation

in the St Arnaud region.

Posts

It's not over yet!

The hot dry spell we have just had has put paid to many of the our wildflowers, espcually the more showy plants. Heading east out of...

Nov 6, 2019

Over the last 4 decades I have never seen more than one White-winged Triller at a time and probably only one sighting a decade. Since...

Nov 1, 2019

Despite the lack of rain for the last 7 weeks, the Wax Garden is looking beautiful. A walk with members from Avon Plains Banyena...

Oct 23, 2019

I was walking down my creekline, cleaning up, checking for weeds and rabbits and generally enjoying the day when I saw what I thought was...

Sep 14, 2019

My two bee hotels have been full of activity this summer season with 2 hatchings of Hylaeine bees already. This short video shows a...

Mar 1, 2019

Wednesday 20th Feb 2019 saw several members from St Arnaud Field Nats and Avon Plains Banyena Landcare Group leave the boat ramp for a...

Mar 1, 2019

The bush is looking pretty dry and desolate now- no rain and a month of extreme heat has knocked all the freshness out of the plants and...

Jan 25, 2019

Small Milkwort (Comesperma polygaloides) is listed as threat- ened under Victoria's Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act(1988) and described as...

Jan 5, 2019

The last job of the year, 29th December - monitoring of our 2 Small Milkwort (SM) Plots in the Kara Kara National Park. Both plots are...

Dec 30, 2018

Many landholders like to have a spic and span property- dead trees removed, sticks and leaves raked up and dead branches turned into...

Dec 14, 2018