Join us for an evening walk spotlighting for animals big and small. We hope to see aboreal mammals in the trees, small native ground mammals, sedentary birds and we may even see microbats. Bring your quiet voices and good listening skills. This is an outdoor event walking mostly on a formed road but may venture […]
Saturday, 6th April 2019 Join us on Fungi Foray in the Lower Mountains. Have you ever wanted to learn more about different fungi and where to look for them? Volunteer Liz Kabanoff has offered to lead us into this fascinating and colourful world and help identify down to the genus level. You don’t need any […]
Saturday, 13th April Come along and be part of ‘citizens tackling antibiotic resistance in the wild’. Scoop-a-Poop is a citizen science project coordinated by scientists from Macquarie University, in collaboration with Taronga Zoo and the University of Sydney. You will learn the ecology of urban brushtail possum, antibiotic resistance in the environment and how antibiotic […]
Get involved in a fauna workshop this autumn at The Gully. Come along to one or choose to go to all three. Book each session separately. SESSION 1: WELCOME TO COUNTRY & FAUNA SET UP Saturday 27th April, learn from our fauna survey specialist the equipment and techniques used to do a fauna survey, as […]
Session 2: SPOTLIGHTING Saturday 27th April, join us for an evening walk spotlighting for animals big and small. We could detect small ground mammals, tree dwelling arboreal mammals, invertebrates and reptiles. There may be microbats to see as well. This is an outdoor event walking mainly on formed roads but may venture on bush […]
Session 3: EARLY MORNING FAUNA AND BIRD WALK Saturday 28th April, enjoy the early morning walk to see check what animals have moved around at night. Listen to the chorus of birds and find out what birds are making the calls. This is an outdoor event on a bush trail, walking over uneven ground and […]