February
Vale of Belvoir
The Tas. Land Conserv-ancy held an open day for exploring the Vale of Belvoir with TLC staff and expert supporters as guides.
The Vale of Belvoir is a large open limestone valley located about 15 km NNW of Cradle Mountain, in the lee of the Black Bluff Range. It is about 10 km long by 2 km wide, trends NE-SW, and has an open grassy floor flanked by strips of ancient rainforest and eucalypt forest.
March
Shoreline monitoring, Weymouth
We chose a site for counting and measuring near a launching ramp at Weymouth. It consisted of rocks. It looked unlikely. But it was actually an extremely rich and diverse area: Rosette barnacles, common sea urchins, eleven-armed seastar, sea apple, decorator crab, hairy-stone crab, even a blue-ringed octopus.
September
Scottsdale – Burrowing crayfish
We celebrated National Threatened Species Day with a visit to the habitat of the Scottsdale Burrowing Crayfish, at Northeast Park (Scottsdale) then on the Old Waterhouse Road
October
Searching for the stag beetle, Goshen
Ian and Kim Matthews have a bushland block at Goshen, north-west of St Helens. In October 2014 they hosted our club for a fascinating day during which we heard the story of the discovery of this rare stag beetle, met the widow of George Bornemissza, after whom the beetle is named, and were guided by Mike Bouffard on our search to find a live specimen
- November
Exploring Anson’s Bay
We ambled along Jenny Bicanic’s favourite paths looking for orchids, listening for birds.
December
Bird watching, Greens Beach
The December activity involved bird-watching on the property of Don and Barbara Pitt, 340 hectares at Friend Point, near Green’s Beach, where the Tamar River meets Bass Strait.
The complete list of birds is here
