Dear all,
INVITATION
Royal Park Protection Group is holding a GENERAL MEETING with a most interesting speaker and you are invited.
When: SATURDAY March 19th 2022
Time: 1.45pm for 2pm start
Location: Walmsley House 161 Gatehouse Street Parkville
RSVP: please let us know if you can come by 12 March
Come and learn about Microbats
This meeting was initially planned for 2020 but Covid intervened
Our Guest Speaker is Dr Lindy Lumsden
Principal Research Scientist, Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning
Her Topic: Microbats
Bats play an important role in controlling insect numbers, including a range of pest species, by eating up to half their body weight in insects in a night. However, due to their small size, nocturnal behaviour and cryptic roosting habits, these valuable native mammals are rarely seen and are often portrayed negatively in the media.
Lindy is passionate about trying to reverse these negative perceptions and conducts a wide range of extension activities to educate and enthuse people about the bats. In her talks she describes fascinating and little known aspects of the natural history of these nocturnal creatures. As most people do not have the opportunity to see bats close up, she brings along a live bat to show at the end of her talk.
Lindy is based at the Arthur Rylah Institute, the wildlife research institute of the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, where she has been conducting ecological research on bats for over 35 years. Although based in Victoria, her research has also taken her to remote areas of Australia, and to many countries overseas.
