This year, Sydney’s Science in the Swamp and Science in the Scrub fairs drew crowds of all ages to explore the wonders of science and nature in fun, interactive settings. Science in the Swamp Held at Centennial Park, Science in…
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Flying-foxes under threat: The effects of droughts and heat events
Hot Australian summers are tough on everyone – including our flying-foxes. Temperatures over 43°C can lead to heat-related fatalities in our big bats, but even at a few degrees below this they begin experiencing issues caused by heat stress. Heatwaves…
Discover the live bat cam at Wingham Brush Nature Reserve
Get a close look at grey-headed flying-foxes with the Wingham Brush Nature Reserve’s live bat cam, streaming daily from dawn to dusk. These vulnerable mammals are vital pollinators, and now you can observe their natural behavior from home. When to…
Why do we love bats?
Why do we love bats? Read more below to find out just how amazing bats are! Our Bats in Australia Australia has about 80 species of bats, including microbats and megabats. Microbat species weigh between 3g-150g, with their wingspan reaching…
Saving Our Species: Bats in Backyards
Discover microbats near you! It’s not too late to join the excitement of the 2023-2024 Bats in Backyards project! Following a fantastic pilot last year, citizen scientists are being called upon to help survey insect-eating bats by recording their calls…
Getting to know flying-fox food: Red Bloodwoods
As February and March unfold, Sydney’s sandstone landscapes ease into autumn with the enchanting red bloodwoods in full bloom. Take a leisurely stroll south to Royal National Park, north to Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park, or venture west to the lower…
Ku-ring-gai Flying-fox Reserve 2020
A mid-year update The extreme storm last November felled many large trees on top of the fences which had been protecting young trees and shrubs from wallaby browsing. Council’s Operations Department had an enormous task cleaning up post-storm damage from November…
Meet a bat night – 28 March 2020
Get to meet flying-foxes up close in a safe environment and learn much more about them! ” order_by=”sortorder” order_direction=”ASC” returns=”included” maximum_entity_count=”500″] Due to popular demand, we are running Meet a bat night again in March as our venue wasn’t large…
An important message from our Chair
Dear KBCS members and friends, I’ve sat down a number of times over the past couple of weeks to write this, but events keep on catching up with me… it was meant to be a nice cheery look back at the…
Storm damage in the Reserve
The destructive storm that hit northern Sydney on 27thNovember 2019 felled many very large trees in Ku-ring-gai Flying-fox Reserve. In 2009 this tall blackbutt provided plenty of roosting space for grey-headed flying-foxes but now, ten years later, its top is…