Several members of the Field Nats booked in for 2 nights at Ned's Corner Station in far north-west Victoria during late May. Ned's Corner is the star in the crown of Trust for Nature's conservation properties in Victoria, being the largest and also the largest freehold property. Details for Neds Corner : http://www.nedscorner.com.au From the sandhill, Ned's Corner Station stretches as far as you can see.The road in feels to be made of corrugated iron The 74,000acre prop

On last Sunday morning,13th May 2018, I walked through my new chookhouse, still under construction but looking like the Taj Mahal already. Three gates have cobbled together at the back to prevent (oh yes?) the chooks from accessing the work area. As I went to open the only moveable gate to let the chooks out of their sheds, I noticed a small greyish- brownish blob in the corner against the concrete tank. Taking a good look I realised it was an Australasian Grebe, Tachybapt

Autumn brings a shortage of water and food supplies in the bush and we see an influx of birds into gardens where these 2 commodities are available. On the left is the "owner" of the birdbath, year -round inhabitant of creeklines, the New Holland Honeyeater Phylidonyris novaehollandiae. In the front we have year-round inhabitant of River Redgums, the White-plumed Honeyeater Lichenstomus penicillatus. The interloper at the back right is the Yellow-tufted Honeyeater Lichen

Other places get autumn colours in the trees- ours remain dull, dun and dusty grey-green. The end of Summer is a hard, dry time with everyone looking for water and food; the arrivals at the bird baths show the change of season as surely as falling autumn-toned leaves. Even when the weather is still hot ,you know that Autumn has arrived with the appearance of these three birds. Zipping through the shrubs where it is feeding on eremophila flowers, the Eastern Spinebill is l

After many weeks with very little moth activity at night, the last bit of rain (5mm here) has caused a rash of interesting creatures coming to the kitchen window- lacewings, green and brown, moths ranging in size from 4mm up to the whopping Ghost Moth (Trictena sp) at 95mm and click beetles of different sorts. Although these moths were photographed during the day, they are night-flying and come readily to a light source. Many of our moths and other insects have no common

Autumn is here- and so is Boisduval's Autumn Moth

Next time you are out in the garden check out your flowering plants, clumps of dried grasses and old holey timber - any insects about may...

January and February can be pretty dull in the bush; nothing much is flowering and the heat and dust make the trees and shrubs look grey...

Anne Hughes takes a select group on a tour of the wonderful Wax Gardens in St Arnaud October 2017. View the brochure for more information.

Current News Bulokes (Allocasuarina luehmannii) are listed under the Victorian Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988 and endangered under the Federal Government Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999. In this district, although there are many stands of Bulokes, most are quite old and very few are regenerating. This is mainly due to grazing pressure from stock on farms as well as rabbits and excessive numbers of kangaroos. I have noticed that many