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Help improve habitat for frogs, insects and other wildlife at Tulip St Reserve next to the Sandringham Family Leisure Centre.

Bayside is blessed with green space but has few wetlands. The pond at the Reserve is one of the few places in Bayside where frogs can be found. FoNW have been monitoring frogs in the pond for the Melbourne Water Frog Census for over 20 years. We regularly find three species of frogs and many invertebrates. A Buff-banded Rail, a shy water bird, was seen here last year, so we think our members are making a difference.

You can help! Join Friends of Native Wildlife and Friends of Tulip St Reserve to dig in a variety of plants to improve habitat for the frogs, insects and birds.

Sun 14 Jun 2026 9:30am to 11:30am
Tulip St Pond Reserve, Cheltenham
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Vale Ian Parsons

Vale Ian Parsons, aged 93.  A life spent close to nature.
 
Ian Parsons
 
Ian was a volunteer at Braeside Park for many years, part of Bayside Environmental Friends Network and of course, a life member of Friends of Native Wildlife Inc.
 

The Little Wattlebird

Little Wattlebirds are the first to wake and last to roost in our neighbourhood. Their unique range of calls are varied, loud and constant, with some of the stranger, harsh grating noises very unbirdlike. A Japanese visitor enquired about the strange noisy animals that woke him on his first morning in Australia. Upon being shown a Little Wattlebird in full voice he could not believe a bird, especially one that small, was responsible.

Frogs are back!

Our Frog Watch in Sandringham Golf Course and some other locations was loud, the busiest for the year.

6 to 8 brown tree frogs
20+ spotted marsh frogs
10+ common froglets
20+ eastern banjo frogs (pobblebonks)

Sign up for next month's Frog Watch. Limited numbers for these events.

Eastern Banjo Frog (Pobblebonk)

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