Author Archives: Mt Gravatt Environment Group

About Mt Gravatt Environment Group

Mt Gravatt Environment Group is restoring a unique piece of Australain native bushland only ten minutes from Brisbane CBD.

What’s in your garden today?

Posted on 11/11/2019 by Mt Gravatt Environment Group

By: Michael Fox Thanks to Georgia Nierfeld for great video of a Bee Hawk Moth Cephonodes kingii in her family’s Pollinator Link® front garden at Chandler. Georgia also found a female Great Carpenter Bee Xylocopa (Koptortosoma) aruana. Australia’s largest solitary bee the … Continue reading →

Posted in Bushcare, Mt Gravatt Conservation Reserve, Pollinator Link, Wildlife Corridor | Tagged Bee Hawk Moth Cephonodes kingii, Brush Caper Berry Capparis arborea, Butterfly, Caper White Belenois java, Georgia Nierfeld, Great Carpenter Bee Xylocopa (Koptortosoma) aruana, moth, Native bees | Leave a comment

Proud Builders: New Homes for Solitary Bees

Posted on 07/11/2019 by Mt Gravatt Environment Group

By: Michael Fox Providing Water, Food and Shelter are the key to bringing Birds, Butterflies and Bees back to our urban habitats. The Construction Team gathered at Downfall Creek Environment Centre to build new homes for our homeless … Continue reading →

Posted in Pollinator Link, Wildlife Corridor | Tagged Benchmark Scaffolding, Blue Banded Bee - Amegilla cingulata, Downfall Creek Bushland Centre, Great Carpenter Bee, Green Carpenter Bee, Lanotec, Leaf-Cutter Bee Megachile sp., resin bees, solitary native bees, Teddy Bear Amegilla sp | Leave a comment

Christmas Gift Ideas

Posted on 06/11/2019 by Mt Gravatt Environment Group

By: Michael Fox Looking for Christmas gift ideas for others or for yourself? Two excellent books I have read this year are Habitat by AB Bishop and Feeding the Birds at Your Table by Darryl Jones. Habitat: A practical guide … Continue reading →

Posted in Pollinator Link, Wildlife Corridor | Tagged birds butterflies bees, Feeding Birds at Your Table Darryl Jones, GroNative, Habitat AB Bishop, iNaturalist, Water Food Shelter | Leave a comment

UK Solitary Bee Guardian Scheme

Posted on 04/09/2019 by Mt Gravatt Environment Group

By: Michael Fox “Our cocoon-sharing program is the only one of its kind in the UK and makes caring for red mason bees even more accessible by taking out some of the dirtier, trickier elements of the process. It’s the … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Attingham's Walled Garden, Chris and John Whittles, CJ Wildlife, Guardian Scheme, MasonBees UK, native solitary bees, pollination, Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta Butterfly, Red Mason Bee Osmia bicornus, The Birds at My Table Daryl Jones | 3 Comments

Solitary bees at Kew Gardens UK

Posted on 13/08/2019 by Mt Gravatt Environment Group

By: Michael Fox Passionate about native bees with a love of sharing his knowledge Dr Hauke Koch PHD was a generous host for my personal tour of Kew Gardens solitary Bee Homes. Hauke explained that his research focuses on bee microbiome: … Continue reading →

Posted in Bees, Pollinator Link | Tagged bee homes, bee hotels, bumble bees, Dr Hauke Koch PHD, Green Carpenter Bee Xylocopa (Lestis) aeratus, Kew Gardens, Leaf cutter bees, Mt Gravatt Conservation Reserve, resin bees, solitary native bees | 4 Comments

Habitat for community and wildlife

Posted on 30/04/2019 by Mt Gravatt Environment Group

By: Laurie Deacon The Mt Gravatt State High School Pollinator Link® garden is a thriving habitat for wildlife and building links with the community. Twenty-one volunteers from Griffith Mates and local streets joined students and family members. Results: 50 hours … Continue reading →

Posted in Bushcare, Wildlife Corridor | Tagged Corrine McMillan MP, Griffith Mates, Mt Gravatt State High School SHS | Leave a comment

Circles in your rose leaves?

Posted on 26/04/2019 by Mt Gravatt Environment Group

By: Michael Fox Do you have mysterious circles appearing in the leaved of your rose bushes? I videoed one of the culprits making a nest in the cat’s scratching post. Autumn is nest building time for our native Leafcutter … Continue reading →

Posted in Pollinator Link, Wildlife Corridor | Tagged Backyard Bee Home, European Honey Bees Apis mellifera, Leafcutter Bees Megachile sp., solitary native bees, Stingless Native Bees Tetragonula sp. | Leave a comment

Building homes for birds and bees

Posted on 17/04/2019 by Mt Gravatt Environment Group

By: Michael Fox Kids and mud … always a winning formula. Jake Slinger and I led a Pollinator Link® workshop for the Nature Rangers at Downfall Creek Bushland Centre yesterday. Australia has over 2,000 species of solitary native bees. Solitary bees … Continue reading →

Posted in Bushcare, Pollinator Link, Wildlife Corridor | Tagged Benchmark Scaffolding, Blue Banded bees, Buzz pollination, Carina Men's Shed, Downfall Creek Bushland Centre, Hollowlog Homes, Photography, solitary native bees, Squirrel Gliders Petaurus norfolcensis, Teddy Bear Amegilla sp | 2 Comments

Fox Gully Wildlife Corridor

Posted on 13/04/2019 by Mt Gravatt Environment Group

By: Michael Fox Benno and I spent Thursday morning restoring another section of Fox Gully Wildlife Corridor. Laughing Kookaburras Dacelo novaeguineae love to join us at Bushcare, typically finding a handy perch where they are ready to swoop on … Continue reading →

Posted in Bushcare, Mt Gravatt Conservation Reserve, Pollinator Link, Roly Chapman Reserve Bushcare, Wildlife Corridor | Tagged Bark Cockroach Laxta sp., Common Net-casting Spider Deinopis ravidus, Cr Steve Hung, Klumpp Road, Laughing Kookaburras Dacelo novaeguineae, Legless lizard, Madeira Vine Anredera cordifolia | 2 Comments

Rail Trails

Posted on 24/03/2019 by Mt Gravatt Environment Group

Originally posted on Queensland Stories:
“We power on, trying to sense the walls beside us, ears and eyes straining for anyone coming from the other direction. It’s like holding your breath with your eyes.” Cycling through a tunnel on the…

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