Wonderful! My favourite type of weather. Our leaf fall here is mostly summer - Australia is weird like that!

Mist amongst the trees at home after the cyclone system remnants have passed.

The rain has started here in Perth and looking forward to a lot more after 3 months with no significant rain events. Early reports from Exmouth are not good though. Narelle slowed and sat on them most of the night at Category 4 strength. Pic: ABC News.

Panic buying or disrupted supplies at the local supermarket. Weird stuff like no HiLo milk today. Pasta wiped out too.

Thanks!

Ohh nice. I must check out your work!

Enjoyed getting to chat invasive corellas with Channel Nine News. Perth and Bunbury have large flocks of corellas established from aviary escapes and now naturalised. They are poorly studied and no longer being actively managed. We have commenced research on their ecology and genetics.

What a shame it clashes completely with the joint SCB Oceania and NZ Ecological Society conference in Auckland. Of all the clashes to avoid this would have been a good one.

I really appreciated the opportunity to talk about the impacts of anticoagulant baits on wildlife and what the new bans mean. Thanks ABC News Weekend Breakfast.

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I’ll be discussing what the rodenticide bans mean for wildlife and home users on ABC (Australia) News Breakfast tomorrow at 1030 AEST. Tune in if you’re interested in hearing more.

The newly announced rat poison bans are a long time coming. But what does it means for wildlife? My thoughts are out in The Conversation. theconversation.com/new-ban-on-d...

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Saltbush. It’s widely planted as a fodder crop in Australia. But how much value does it have for biodiversity? Our latest study finds that unless you’re a White-winged Fairy-wren, it doesn’t offer much! conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Thanks Dave. Wildly unexpected but welcome news!

Thanks Holly and agree it’s rare to get a win!

It’s been a huge team effort! But amazing to be able to achieve something positive for wildlife for a change!

Yep that’s usually coumatetralyl

Thanks! Hoping it becomes permanent but I’ll take the great news and stay positive!

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The beautiful big scorpion was an unfortunate casualty of the pool. Fairly unusual to see these large ones around.

After 10 years here, a new reptile record for our block. Ctenotus labillardieri is at its range edge where I live and represented by only a handful of records. Lucky day for this one saved from the pool. Check out the gorgeous red legs!

Super hot day here. 37C. Was at the shops, they’re out of trolleys but the sweating trolley collector fresh from the carpark hands me one. Making conversation I say “Thanks. Pretty hot isn’t it?”. He looks at me, sweat trickling down his face. “No, not really”. And walks off. #awkward

I think they did take them into care for a bit but back now either way

Seems I’m not the only one that likes figs at our place.

Yes it should! Hopefully this will be your situation in the near future!

Yes!!

My annual celebration of fig season. I make those Catalan fig tapas lunch every year to mark the start of fig ripening. Figs, gently pan fried with thyme and a pinch of pink salt. Serve on warm sourdough brushed with garlic and shave aged machego on top. Add jamon if you wish.

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