Sightings
These are the most recent sightings sent to us by members and the public.
(5,043 Observations recorded at 10th September 2024)
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1) time of day?
2) weather conditions?
3) landscape eg: road verge, scrubland, breakaway country, high or low in a tree, etc, ?
4) what the creature was doing at the time of the sighting?
5) approximate size?
6) gender (if possible)?
7) colouration?
8) photographed?
9) any other interesting observation/s at the time of sighting?
10) for plants, the surrounding growth, number of plants and their general condition, is it a wetland?
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in identification of those hard to categorise animals or plants
| # | Date | Location | Species | Notes |
| 5021 | 18-07-1987 | Woodendale Farm | Raven, Australian (Corvus coronoides) | Dawn Atwell reported a raven taking hair fro the back of a grazing cow to line its nest. Extract from club minutes. |
| 5022 | 18-07-1987 | Boase Farm, Goomalling | Echidna | Fred & Beryl Boase reported an echidna had taken up residence in their laundry for a day and two nights. Extract from club minutes. |
| 5023 | 18-07-1987 | Glen Avon, Northam Road, Katrine | Rosella, Western (Platycercus icterotis) | Sighted by Jim Masters. Extract from club minutes |
| 5024 | 19-09-1985 | Avon River, Toodyay townsite | Stilt, Pied (Himantopus leucocephalus) | Pair reported by Dorine Morrow. Extract from club notes |
| 5025 | 17-05-1985 | Stirlingia Drive, Majestic Heights | Lizard, Western bluetongue (Tiliqua occipitalis) | Beneath floor of tent on property near where house pad to go |
| 5026 | 19-05-1984 | Morangup Nature Reserve | Smokebush, Blue-eyed (Conospermum brownii) | Extract from club minutes |
| 5027 | 19-05-1984 | Morangup Nature Reserve | Fox Banksia (Banksia sphaerocarpa) | Extract from club minutes |
| 5028 | 19-05-1984 | Morangup Nature Reserve | Blue Lechenaultia (Lechenultia biloba) | Extract from club minutes |
| 5029 | 19-05-1984 | Morangup Nature Reserve | Orchid, Rabbit (Leptoceras menziesii) | Extract from club minutes |
| 5030 | 17-03-1984 | Coorinja Winery | Phascogale, Brush-tailed (Phascogale tapoatafa) | Reported by Doug Wood. Extracted from minutes |
| 5031 | 04-04-1978 | South-western WA | Event | Cyclone Alby: Tropical Cyclone Alby was expected to move over cooler waters and quickly lose momentum. But Alby accelerated from 10 to 25km/hr as it curved towards the coast, passing close to the south-west corner of the state at up to 60kph. Wind gusts up to 150kph left a trail of destruction hundreds of km inland from Geraldton to Albany, with widespread flooding and power blackouts. Five people died including inaugural TNC President Alby North after he was blown from the roof of a shed. Fires fanned by the very strong winds burned through an estimated 114,000ha of forest and farmland. |
| 5032 | 30-06-1972 | Woodendale Road, Nunyle | Chat, White-fronted | Found nesting in grass by the roadside. Barely 6 inches from the ground these tiny black and white birds chose a precarious nesting site as stock moves freely along the road. However, the story had a happy ending as the young flew safely from the nest. From Toodyay Nature Diary in Newsletter No. 1 |
| 5033 | 17-02-1972 | Clackline | Sandswimmer, Broad-banded | Young local naturalist Neville Lane�s find at Clackline of an unusual lizard identified as a Broad-banded Sandswimmer Lygosoma (Sphenomorphus) richardsonii (now Eremiascincus richardsonii) made the local paper in May, highlighting the Club�s natural history sighting records. |
| 5034 | 30-11-1971 | Extracts Factory, Northam Road | Event | In November the Industrial Extracts factory on the Toodyay-Northam Road was closed. This event was of local significance as new employment opportunities were needed. |
| 5035 | 15-10-1971 | Avon Valley National Park | Event | Reserve A30192 was officially named the Avon Valley National Park on 15 October 1971 (WA Govt. Gazette, 1971, p. 4023 |
| 5036 | 19-06-1971 | Toodyay Memorial Hall | Event | The Club organised another film show at TDHS. School teacher Les Brown was the projectionist showing 7 films to a large crowd of children and adults |
| 5037 | 24-04-1971 | Toodyay Memorial Hall | Event | Another very successful public film show was held on 24 April in the Toodyay Memorial Hall. Prior to the event, a poster competition was conducted at the TDHS won by students Amanda Nixon & Brendon McKittrick. Two hours of Vincent Serventy's Walkabout nature films were shown to 250 adults & children. The Club's share of the profits ($40) was donated to TDHS in the form of nature books for their library. The Shire also contributed to the scheme. |
| 5038 | 17-07-1970 | Yorkrakine Rock (26 km north of Tammin) | Event | Club members went on their first weekend excursion in October to Yorkrakine Rock (26 km north of Tammin). In November, the inaugural Club Secretary/Treasurer Hazel Hastie was presented with a farewell gift as she was moving away from the district. It was reported by the Club that only two naturalist clubs existed outside Perth: Toodyay and the Busselton Naturalists� Club (commenced in 1964) |
| 5039 | 25-05-1970 | Avon River | Event | Jim Masters sent the Shire an �interesting and enlightening review of the effects of the River Training and an alternative solution�. (Toodyay Shire Council minutes, 18 May 1970) |
| 5040 | 22-09-1942 | West Toodyay | Galah | Historical data - Donnelly Diaries. 22.09.1942 Mrs Emma Donnelly sighted three Galahs on the family property. Galahs were a rare sight but moved west and south as agricultural land was cleared for farming. g |
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