Moggill Creek Catchment Group (MCCG) are thrilled to announce the receipt of a Queensland Citizen
Science Grant from the Queensland Government. The existing Creek Health Monitoring Program
(CHMP) will receive a significant boost and encourage citizen scientists to better understand our
waterways. This program will introduce community volunteers to the factors that affect creek health
and will emphasise the relevance of this information to the community.

Volunteer citizen scientists will take part in monitoring water quality, diversity of macro-
invertebrates and fish, and nearby creek conditions. The data will be used to assess creek health at
sites across Moggill Creek Catchment, and to promote the benefits of environmental health of our
waterways.

We encourage those who want to get involved in this citizen science project to get in contact with us
Adrian Webb – email: [email protected]  or Lewis Peach – email: [email protected]
and follow the CHMP on the MCCG website and on social media:  Facebook MCCG – Creek health monitoring project

Moggill Creek Catchment Group is holding its annual Photographic Competition Display in Kenmore Village Shopping Centre all of the coming week (Oct 19-25).  Please drop in to view the entries, including the prize winners. You can also cast you vote for the ‘People’s Choice Award’.

Photo: “Water Dragon” William McConaghy DIGITAL YOUNG PERSONS PHOTO COMPETITION ENTRY

Make every bird count in the Aussie Backyard Bird Count from 9-25th October.

How to get involved

The #AussieBirdCount is a great way to connect with the birds in your backyard no matter where your backyard happens to be — a suburban backyard, a local park, a patch of forest, down by the beach, or the main street of town.

You can count as many times as you like over the week, we just ask that each count is completed over a 20-minute period. The data collected assists BirdLife Australia in understanding more about the birds that live where people live.

For more information on how to take part, head to www.aussiebirdcount.org.au

Photo credit: Tracey Read

On Wednesday 30^th September, Councillors Greg Adermann (Pullenvale Ward) and Steeve Toomey (The Gap) visited the MCCG native Plant Nursery at Gold Creek Dam. They were shown around by MCCG Chairman Jim Pope and Landcare Advisor Bryan Hacker, who together with Andrew Wilson is in charge of running the nursery. The nursery is run entirely by volunteers, with financial support from Brisbane City Council under the Lord Mayor’s Community Environment Grants. Working bees are held twice a month on the first and third Monday mornings and are typically attended by around a dozen volunteers. Last year the nursery produced over 15,000 native plants from around 200 species, including trees, shrubs and ground cover. Seeds are collected locally, also by volunteers and the plants are distributed free of charge to MCCG members. If you would like to volunteer at the nursery, or for more information, contact [email protected]

Cr. Steve Toomey (The Gap), Bryan Hacker (MCCG) and Cr. Greg Adermann (Pullenvale) – Photo Jim Pope

There are many special friendships between wild birds and people. How often do our feathered friends pop in just to see what you are up to?

In his latest issue of Feather Fascination,  Jim Butler explores our changing relationship with birds and ecosystems and encourages us to make some new friends!

To find out more, head to Jim Butler’s Feather Fascination October 2020.

Laughing Kookaburra photo: Ed Frazer

Test your skills each month with  Jim Butler’s Wildlife Identification Quiz!

Are you interested in participating in contributing to the health of Moggill Creek and learning about creek health monitoring?

Moggill Creek Catchment Group (MCCG) has been fortunate in gaining support from the Queensland Government to add a citizen science focus to the existing Creek Health Monitoring Program.  This program will introduce community volunteers to the factors that affect creek health and will emphasise the extension and importance of this information to the community.

Volunteers will take part in monitoring water quality, diversity of macro-invertebrates and fish, and nearby creek conditions; These data will be used to assess creek health at sites across Moggill Creek Catchment, and to emphasise the benefits of environmental health of our waterways.

We encourage those who want to learn by doing, to contact:

Adrian Webb (email – [email protected])

Lewis Peach (email – [email protected])

For more information go to the MCCG Creek Health Monitoring Program

Get the kids outside and dirty these school holidays.

During any Wildlings Forest School program, you are likely to find Wildlings up trees, sliding down mud slides, whittling with pocket knives, lighting fires and building rafts. We let kids, be kids – because children can’t learn to protect nature if they’ve never had a childhood in it.

NATURE PLAY SESSIONS FOR CHILDREN

AGES 7 & UP | $45 PER CHILD (PER 3 HR SESSION)

DROP OFF LOCATIONS | BARDON ESPLANADE (BARDON), SIMPSON FALLS (MT COOTHA) & CLIVEDEN PARK (FIG TREE POCKET)

For more information go to Wildings Forest School