Sightings
These are the most recent sightings sent to us by members and the public.
(over 5,109 Observations recorded at 30th October 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 |
| 5101 | 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 |
| 5102 | 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. |
| 5103 | 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. |
| 5104 | 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 |
| 5105 | 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 |
| 5106 | 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. |
| 5107 | 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) |
| 5108 | 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) |
| 5109 | 22-09-1942 | West Toodyay | Galah (Aquila audax) | 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 |
| 5110 | 31-01-1941 | Station House, Toodyay | Eagle, Wedge-tailed (Aquila audax) | Toodyay Herald. 31 Jan. 1941, p.1 A young eagle hawk paid a visit to the Station House on Sunday morning last at break of day after his breakfast, but was disturbed by the owner. He again returned an hour later to be again frustrated, but this time he made a direct line across to Mr. Joe Purser's chickens. The hawk now has a permanent residence up the tree in Joe's backyard, he having disposed of him per medium of the gun with which Joe has few rivals in this town. |
| 5111 | 08-05-1931 | Bolgart | Eagle, Wedge-tailed (Aquila audax) | Toodyay Herald. 8 May 1931, p.4 Bolqart News. A Record ? The chief item of interest in Bolgart in recent weeks was the shooting of two eagle hawks by Mr. Dalas Waters, of Bolgart; the largest of the two being reported to have measured 7ft. 4in. from tip to tip. Surely this is almost a record. According to the claws and heads they must have been two very fine birds. |
| 5112 | 22-03-1929 | Whitfield's property, possibly Knockdominie | Eagle, Wedge-tailed (Aquila audax) | Toodyay Herald. 22 Mar. 1929, p.1 Eaglehawks. Turkeys destroyed. Many arguments have been advanced in the press of late for and against the destruction of several of our native birds and animals, notably the emu, the kangaroo and the eagle hawk, some arguing that these species should he protected and others contending that they should be treated as vermin and destroyed. In the midst of these arguments, which have at times become some what heated, five or six eagle hawks descended on the farm yard of Mrs. Whitfield, a couple of miles from Toodyay, one day during the week, to give a practical |
| 5113 | 19-02-1925 | Coorinja Winery | Fox, European Red (Vulpes vulpes) | Sighted a fox. Early record. |
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