Category: Walks and Talks

The Great Southern Bioblitz

Post author By friendkaren
Post date 4 October, 2022
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Friends of Berowra Valley ran a fun event as part of the Great Southern Bioblitz on Sunday 30th October. Around 25 citizen scientists recorded the amazing diversity of Stringybark Ridge, Pennant Hills using the iNaturalist app.

A combination of power users and people new to the app ensured that the beautiful surrounding area was recorded. Each of these observations is fed into the Australian Atlas of Living Australia. This massive database is an invaluable tool for scientists and researchers.

Check out some of the amazing biodiversity in our project for the Berowra Valley Catchment.

https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/berowra-valley-catchment

For more info on iNaturalist.

https://www.friendsberowravalley.org.au/citizen-science-inaturalist/

Environmental Education Walks and Talks

Koala’s and Platypuses are Close By

Post author By friendkaren
Post date 14 April, 2022
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The Friends of Berowra Valley ran a talk on the 7th May on our local koala population. Our speakers were volunteers associated with the local koala population initiative the Hornsby-Hills Rural Koala Project. They have been running an amazing program aimed at encouraging the health, protection and population increase of koalas in the Glenorie/Maroota/Arcadia/Hornsby areas. With the help of camera traps and song meters they have been listening out for koalas.

We also heard from the Cattai Hills Environment Network on the local platypus eDNA testing at Cattai Creek.

Pat, Rae, Ken, Petra, Danielle, Karen, Lily, Benjamin and Brad all helped run this community event.

Danielle from the Cattai-Hills Environment Network

Pat from the Hornsby-Hills Rural Koala Project

Thanks to everyone to came, it was a great educational event including a cuppa and biscuits at the lovely Mt Colah Hall.

Advocacy Environmental Education Walks and Talks

Celebrating local environment and community – Berowra Fauna Fair

Post author By friendkaren
Post date 21 February, 2022
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The Friends of Berowra Valley launched the inaugural Berowra Fauna Fair celebrating all the marvellous creatures with whom we share our bushland home. On Saturday the 19^th March the Berowra District Hall was a hub of fauna based activity, including guided walks, a display of live frogs, native plants for sale from the Australian Plant Society with afternoon tea provided by the CWA. Throughout the event there were talks by experts on bats, birds, frogs, turtles, koalas and bees.

The day officially commenced with a very special Welcome to Country by Erin. This was followed by a day of presentations from world-class wildlife experts and ecologists. The line-up was outstanding. Visitors were able to also speak one-on-one with our experts at their displays.

Thank you to the CWA for your beautiful scones and sandwiches. The money raised by the CWA is going directly toward flood relief.

You could feel the community spirit in the room. It was so nice to see everybody come out and enjoy a great day together. We are also so blessed to live in an area surrounded by such a special natural environment.

We look forward to our next special event on Koalas at Mt Colah in May 2022.

Thanks again to all who attended and the amazing presenters and stall holders.

Encouraging Wildlife to Your Place – Martyn Robinson
Our Wonderful Birds including Glossy Black-Cockatoos and & Owls – Judy Harrington Birdlife Australia
Platypus in Cattai – Sue Martin Cattai Hills Environment Network
Turtles, Frogs and Tadpoles – Arthur White and Marian Anstis Frog and Tadpole Study Group (FATS)
Wildlife Rescue – How You Can Help – Bev Young Sydney Wildlife Rescue
Hollows including Quolls & Gliders and Native Bees – Abbie Mitchell Kids Connecting Nature
Koalas and the Occasional Wombats – Sue Martin and Pat Schwartz Hills-Hornsby Rural Koala Project
Hornsby Shire Council Bushcare

Hon Matt Kean MP and Friends of Berowra Valley Patron and Brad Crossman, Event Coordinator

Mayor Philip Ruddock

Kathy Potter Secretary and Event Organiser

Bev Young of Sydney Wildlife Rescue

Walks and Talks

Frog Talk a Croaking Success

Post author By friendbrad
Post date 17 April, 2021
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Thank you to all those who braved the torrential rain at our frog talk a couple of weeks ago. It was fantastic to see so many people of all ages come out and learn about and meet some our local frogs. Big thanks to Kathy and the Frog and Tadpole Study Group for talking to our community. We have many events planned so subscribe to receive updates here.