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Amphibians Brown Tree Frog Brown Tree Frog 1/1

Landscapes around St Arnaud Walkers lake view 19.12.2016 A Hughes View Point looking over St Arnaud, A Hughes bunjil, waa and moon Walkers lake view 19.12.2016 A Hughes 1/18

What's On Our meetings are held on the 2nd Wednesday of each month. We organise monthly excursions to interesting sites further afield. These are generally on the weekend after the meeting. We regularly observe our local bushland. If you want to join in Contact Us for activity and outing details. Our 2026 Program (1st half)

Victorian Temperate Woodland Bird Community Yellow-tufted Honeyeater-Lichenostomus melanops, wet as- Fyffe Tk March 2016, A Hughes Red capped Robin- Petroica goodenovii 2016, G Cheers with permission Hooded Robin-Melanodryas cucullata,2016, G Cheers with permission Yellow-tufted Honeyeater-Lichenostomus melanops, wet as- Fyffe Tk March 2016, A Hughes 1/8

Raptors Powerful Owl with permission A Mc Cutcheon Barking Owl with permission A Mc Cutcheon Square-tailed kite 7.4.2014, Carapooee West, A Hughes Powerful Owl with permission A Mc Cutcheon 1/11

Page under construction It will feature our digitised historical herbarium.

Flora of the Morri Morri Bolangum & Tottington Thelymitra mackibbinii , Brilliant Sun-orchid 26.9 12, highly endangered, A Hughes Thelymitra mackibbinii , Brilliant Sun-orchid 26.9 12, highly endangered, A Hughes 1/1

Our Club History St Arnaud Field Naturalist Club was formed in 1984 to promote the conservation of biodiversity in the area, enhance awareness and appreciation of our natural heritage and add to and disseminate knowledge of our local environment and its ecosystems. Over the past 3 decades Club members have been active in survey and field work to document species and ecosystems and have been instrumental in the proclamation of many conservation reserves including the new Kara Kara National Park, the biggest and most intact Box-Ironbark forest remaining in Victoria. The Club works closely with both the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DELWP) and Parks Victoria, to achieve the best result for biodiversity protection and conservation in our area of interest, which covers a 40km radius around St Arnaud. Club members provide consulting and support services for other groups involved in environmental work such as Landcare groups and provide volunteer labour for threatened species work, initially with DELWP (or DSE as it then was) and now with private contractors.The Club has been a long-term contributor to BirdLife Australia’s ongoing Bird Atlas as well as taking part in BLA’s Swift Parrot Counts for over 15 years. Over the last decade, the Club,recognising the impact that browsing and grazing animals were having on our Parks and Reserves has initiated fencing projects to protect vulnerable areas with notable results.Maintenance and monitoring of our fenced plots are an important part of the Club’s ongoing work. With changes to the structure of our bush areas due to long-running drought and increasingly erratic weather patterns, the Club is proactive in its projects to protect our sensitive bush areas in the face of an uncertain future. WVFNCA banner.made by Laurel Pope.E McDonald. jpeg Tang Tang Swamp, canoeing- Bobbie Laidler in front, 12.11.1989.E McDonald Medlyns' Grey Grasstrees, Stuart Mill 14.6.1998, L t R Chris Scott, Merne Larcdner, Ann Cudmore, pho WVFNCA banner.made by Laurel Pope.E McDonald. jpeg 1/26

Insects Native Bee-Colletid or Hylaeine Bee- Hylaeus (Euprosopis) honestus-on Mel lanceolata flower, 13.1.16 Wasp,Cryptocheilus sp- huge-5cm long, digging in sand, Basso Rd Emu 14.12.15,A Hughes Beetle- Golden green Stag-beetle - Lamprima aurata,Carapooee West, A Hughes-StAFNC Native Bee-Colletid or Hylaeine Bee- Hylaeus (Euprosopis) honestus-on Mel lanceolata flower, 13.1.16 1/28

The Field Nats are collecting data about significant trees around our area. Participate by filling out the form and send it by the submit button.

Mosses & Lichen Moss- D Saxon-Campbell Moss, tiny, grey-green, on hill, home, 16.7.14 silvery ends, A Hughes_StAFNC lichen silver fruit bodies with reddish edges Carapooee West A Hughes Moss- D Saxon-Campbell 1/27

Waterbirds Buff-banded Rail-Gallirallus philippensis.G Cheers Buff-banded Rail-Gallirallus philippensis chick, G Cheers Dusky Moorhen- Gallinula tenebrosa, A Hughes Buff-banded Rail-Gallirallus philippensis.G Cheers 1/11