Proposed Changes to the TFNC Club Rules Special Resolution for the TFNC General Meeting, Thursday 4th July 2024 At the June meeting of the TFNC Committee we agreed to present to a General Meeting of the TFNC a Special Resolution (see below) inserting a clause into the Club Rules.  The Special Resolution to be implemented needs to be passed at a General Meeting of the [...]

The Bookend Trust, through the NatureTrackers program, has recently launched the CallTrackers project – so anyone in Tasmania can help monitor bats through recording their calls. To build software able to identify bat species from recorded calls, they need lots of recordings of calls where bats have been identified. They are looking for bat roosts! They can identify [...]

Rice Grass (Spartina anglica) Warning A new and potentially devastating weed has recently been detected in the Huon and D’Entrecasteaux Channel waterway. Known as an “ecosystem transformer”, Rice Grass (Spartina anglica) forms dense and impenetrable mats that trap silt and destroy beaches and coastal habitats. This summer, Huon Valley Council will work with Kingborough Council and Tasmania Parks [...]

Congratulations to Michael Driessen and Gunther Theischinger for writing TFNC’s latest publication. Dragonflies and Damselflies of Tasmania is designed as a field guide but with much more information than you would normally find. More information about and online purchases are available from our bookstore tasfieldnats.org.au/bookshop/ . Before the General Meeting, Michael will be available to sign and sell [...]

Seasons in the South - a Tasmanian naturalist's journey of discovery — and recovery “Simon Grove comes from the great tradition of naturalists who see the bigger picture, from the tiniest freshwater shrimp to the soaring wedge-tailed eagle. Nothing escapes his gaze, and his pen.” —Donald Knowler ‘On the Wing’ columnist, Sunday Tasmanian, Hobart “This fascinating book shines in [...]