UPCOMING EVENTS:

General Meetings: are held on the second Wednesday of each month (February to December) at the Golden Square  Hall (9 Old High Street).  Meetings begin at 7:30 pm, visitors are welcome to attend.
Upcoming Meeting:
  • 12/07/17 - Dr Julian Di Stefano, Department of Ecosystem and Forest Science, The University of Melbourne - ‘Promoting faunal diversity using fire: new approaches and continuing challenges’
Workshops: throughout the year the Club will again be running a series of Naturalist Workshops
specifically designed to develop participants' proficiency across a broad range of field based naturalist skills and knowledge. Visitors are welcome to attend (via RSVP). Workshop 17 will be held in April 2017.
Upcoming Workshop:
  • 26/07/17 - Mr Ben Goonan - 'An introduction to the international flora of Bendigo Creek - 100 exotic, invasive and environmental weeds'
This workshop will explore the identification and ecology of the fascinating and diverse introduced flora of Bendigo Creek. More than 100 species of exotic, invasive and environmental weeds have been recorded within the Bendigo Creek riparian zone, most of which will be the focus of this workshop. Exotic species often get overlooked or ignored in favour of native species, however, with an ever-growing list and economic cost it is important to understand these plants.

To join us please contact the BFNC for further information.

Excursions: are held most months throughout the year as advertised. They are usually 4-8 hours and may have a specific interest focus. They are generally to local areas but may also be to areas further away. Visitors are welcome to attend. Watch this space!
Upcoming  excursion:
  • 08/17 - TBC

To join us please contact the BFNC for further information.

Weekly Naturalist Walks  - Nature Knowledge Exchange:
Local naturalist walks are held every Saturday morning (9.00am-12.00pm, or as advertised), see dates /times below (please arrive 10 minutes before advertised start time for registration). Meet at the Golden Square  Hall (9 Old High Street). Visitors Welcome.

Weekly Naturalist Walks are running again throughout 2017, visiting a range of local areas focusing on natural history, forest ecology, observation (birds, plants, fungi, and insects), recording sightings/using digital technology, and learning/developing a range of field skills. Members and visitors are welcome. Meet at the Golden Square Hall from 8:50am to register, depart 9:10am. Please carry your own water (and light snack), and wear clothing suitable for the prevailing conditions (hat, full length cover –shirt/pants, sturdy footwear, waterproof Jacket). Walks will be short and of easy or occasionally moderate difficulty, suitable for anyone with a basic level of fitness. Please  email info@bendigofieldnaturalists.asn.au for further enquirers. If you are keen to visit a specific location listed, please ensure you confirm details prior to the excursion, walk details may change without notice at the discretion of the organiser due to various circumstances.

Upcoming Walks:
  • 29/07/2017 - Sedgwick
  • 05/08/2017 - Wellsford
  • 12/08/2017 - Solomon Gully
  • 19/08/2017 - Myers Flat
  • 26/08/2017 - Kangaroo Gully
  • 02/09/2017 - Whipstick
  • 09/09/2017 - Big Hill


To join us please contact the BFNC for further information.

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Other speakers have included:
  • 14/06/17 - Mr Martin Scuffins, Leigh Valley Hawk and Owl Sanctuary - 'Nursing the Fierce' Raptor rehabilitation at the Leigh Valley Hawk and Owl Sanctuary'
 
  • 10/05/17 - Dr Susan Hoebee, Department of Ecology, Environment and Evolution, La Trobe University - 'Understanding diversity: an investigation into pollination and genetic differentiation in Grevillea obtecta'
 
  • 12/04/17 - Dr Kale Sniderman, School of Earth Sciences, The University of Melbourne - 'Early Pleistocene plant biodiversity in central Victoria'
  • 08/03/17 - Mrs Judy Crocker, Facilitator, Mid-Loddon Sub-Catchment Management Group - 'Saving our Central Victorian Bush Stone curlews from extinction'
  • 08/02/17 - Mr Chris Page, Proprietor, TZR Reptiles and Wildlife - 'Working on the wildlife's side’
  • 09/11/16 - Mr Steve Williams, The Entomological Society of Victoria - 'Floristic diversity and invertebrates in box – ironbark forest’
 
  • 14/09/16 - Dr. Martin F. Gomon, Senior Curator, Ichthyology, Museum Victoria - ‘Greeneyes, Tuskfishes, Basking Sharks . . . . . all in a day’s work'
 
  • 10/08/2016 - Dr. Greg J. Holland, Research Fellow, College of Science, Health and Engineering, School of Life Sciences, Department of Ecology, Environment and Evolution, La Trobe University - ‘Planned burning in box-ironbark forests: Investigating the ecological outcomes'
 
  • 13/07/16 - Dr. John Morgan, School of Life Sciences, Department of Ecology, Environment and Evolution, La Trobe University - ‘Using historical data to interpret vegetation changes in the Victorian alps’
 
  • 08/06/2016 - Dr. Tim Entwisle, Director and Chief Executive, Honorary Professorial Fellow (University of Melbourne), Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria - 'Entwisleia bella, new Australian algal genus more significant than Wollemi Pine?'
 
  • 11/05/2016 - Mr Andrew Skeoch, Proprietor, Listening Earth - 'What can we learn from listening to nature'
 
  • 13/04/2016 - Associate Professor Michael Kearney, Lecturer, School of BioSciences, Melbourne University - ‘Climate coping strategies of the geckos of Mt Korong’
 
  • 09/03/2016 - Mr Brett Lane, Director and Principal Consultant, Brett Lane and Associates Pty. Ltd. - ‘Shorebirds – A sampler’
 
  • 10/02/2016 - Dr Maria Gibson, Senior Lecturer, Deakin University - ‘Battle of the bryophytes’
 
  • 09/12/2015 - Mr John Robinson, Bendigo Field Naturalists: 'A study of the Square-tailed Kite in the Bendigo District'
 
  • 11/11/2015 - Mr Robert McCormack, Manager -  Australian Aquatic Biological - 'Freshwater Crayfish of Victoria'
 
  • 14/10/2015 - Mr Phil Dyson - 'Groundwater and Geology of the Bendigo Goldfields'
 
  • 09/09/2015 - Mr Steve Meacher, Friends of the Leadbeater's Possum - 'Leadbeater's Possum: Flagship for the Forests'
 
  • 12/08/2015 - Mr Gerry Gill, La Trobe University - 'An evaluation of Aboriginal landscape management practices viewed from the Anthropocene'
 
  • 08/07/2015 - Mr Ben Goonan, Ecological Consultant - 'Central Victorian Wetland Ecosystems'
 
  • 10/06/2015 - Mr Steve Williams, Victorian Entomological Society - 'Box-Ironbark Lepidopteran Ecology
 
  • 08/04/2015 - Dr. Angus Webb, Department of Infrastructure and Engineering, The University of Melbourne - 'Justifying environmental flows in the era of the basin plan: a new approach to monitoring and evaluation of ecological responses to environmental watering'
 
  • 11/03/2015 - Mr. Daryl Fleay, Local Nature Photographer - 'Wedgies and other raptors - from an amateur's camera'
 
  • 11/02/2015 - Mr. Casey Visintin, PhD Candidate, Quantitative and Applied Ecology Group, School of Botany, University of Melbourne - 'Safer roads for people and wildlife: can we be more proactive?’
 
  • 10/12/2014 - Mr. Rob Watkins, Bendigo Field Naturalist, ‘The Falklands and Antarctica'
 
  • 12/11/2014 - Associate Professor Andrew Bennett, Deakin University, ‘Decline and recovery? Response of woodland birds to the Millennium drought’
 
  • 08/10/2014 - Professor Mark Elgar, Evolution and Behaviour Group, University of Melbourne, ‘Chemical communication in insects: signals, cues and receivers’
 
  • 10/09/2014 - Professor Barbara Downes, University of Melbourne, ‘Understanding the role dispersal plays in restoring species diversity to streams damaged by agriculture’
 
  • 13/08/2014 - Mr Reiner Richter, The Entomological Society of Victoria - 'Photographing and identifying Dragonflies of western and central Victoria’
 
  • 09/07/2014 - Dr. Stephen Legg, School of Geography and Environmental Science, Deakin University - ‘Timber and Gold: Conserving Victoria's Forests, 1865-1918’
 
  • 11/06/2014 - Mr Richard Thomson, Australasian Native Orchid Society - ‘Helping our Victorian Threatened Orchids’
 
  • 14/05/2014 - Dr. Michael Bayly, School of Botany, The University of Melbourne - ‘The plant family Rutaceae in Australia and New Caledonia: phylogeny, classification and biogeography’
 
  • 09/04/2014 - Mr David Cameron, Senior Botanist, Arthur Rylah Institute for Environmental Research  - ‘When Functional and Linnaean Taxonomies Meet - A preliminary ethnobotanical investigation in the Cordillera Administrative Region of the Philippines’
 
  • 12/03/2014 - Mr John Lindner, Bendigo Field Naturalist - 'Walking in the Flinders Ranges and understanding its natural history'
 
  • 12/02/2014 - Mr Andrew Skeoch, Proprietor of Listening Earth - 'The Biophony; hearing our place in nature'
The Bendigo Field Naturalists Club manages the Golden Square Hall. The Golden Square Hall is a public facility that can be hired for single or regular events. It features a main hall, kitchen, meeting room and office. There is convenient public transport access or ample street parking. Visit the Golden Square Hall website to find out more information or make an enquire about booking the facility.