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Wild In Bayside: Preserving The Night

Wild In Bayside talks are hosted by Friends of Native Wildlife Inc in spring and autumn every year to inform our members and residents about wildlife and how we can improve our area for native fauna.

Light pollution is needless and expensive, disturbs our wildlife and is disruptive for people too. Good lighting keeps people safe while minimising ill-effects. Our guest speaker, Judith Bailey, is Immediate Past President of DarkSky Victoria, a chapter of DarkSky International. Judith will talk about the effects of light pollution and DarkSky's work to build awareness and to mitigate excessive and poorly designed lighting.

Judith has been advocating for preservation of the night sky for over 30 years. She belongs to a number of environmental groups and is a past Manager of the Ballarat Municipal Observatory and Museum.

This event will include a brief Annual General Meeting for Friends of Native Wildlife Inc.

Free community event.

Tue 29 Apr 2025 7:30pm to 9:30pm
Beaumaris Senior Citizens Centre (behind Beaumaris Library), Beaumaris VIC
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The Little Wattlebird

Little Wattlebirds are the first to wake and last to roost in our neighbourhood. Their unique range of calls are varied, loud and constant, with some of the stranger, harsh grating noises very unbirdlike. A Japanese visitor enquired about the strange noisy animals that woke him on his first morning in Australia. Upon being shown a Little Wattlebird in full voice he could not believe a bird, especially one that small, was responsible.

Frogs are back!

Our Frog Watch in Sandringham Golf Course and some other locations was loud, the busiest for the year.

6 to 8 brown tree frogs
20+ spotted marsh frogs
10+ common froglets
20+ eastern banjo frogs (pobblebonks)

Sign up for next month's Frog Watch. Limited numbers for these events.

Eastern Banjo Frog (Pobblebonk)

Out of the Woodwork

Woodworkers

 

Rob was overwhelmed by the support when a call went out on our member newsletter.

There was an immediate response to help make a large number of bird boxes to support an order from a group wishing to enhance habitat in people’s gardens. We had more offers of time and talent than boxes pre-cut ready to assemble and paint.

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