Outing summaries

by Rick Harbo- Marine biologist-author-photographer  Access was from Lantzville Road, down Harper Road, with parking at the end of the road. It was a cool, windy day and the walk

On Saturday morning a small group of Nature Nanaimo members ventured out after the deluge to explore lovely Moorecroft Regional Park. We were rewarded not only with sunshine, but a

Eight members from the Nature Nanaimo club ventured up to Parksville to experience part of the annual Brant Wildlife Festival. Hosted by the Arrowsmith club, Brant in the Bay featured

Unfortunately today’s club outing leader, Staffan, was hit with a bad cold and couldn’t make it out. However, we received this fantastic report by Ilse: We certainly missed you at

Twenty enthusiastic Nature Nanaimo members boarded “Janie’s Got A Bus” last Saturday morning and headed across the island to Port Renfrew and Botanical Beach for some nature enjoyment under a

Lance Nordstrom, with contributed photographs by Bob Harvey Braving a rather chilly wind, a dozen Nature Nanaimo members ventured out onto the mud flats at Rathtrevor provincial park to view

On a sunny but slightly chilly morning, 15 Nature Nanaimo members gathered for a walk around the trails of Morrell Nature Sanctuary. Lance Nordstrom led us up the Tranquility trail

A cheerful crowd of 13 Nature Nanaimo members gathered at the Morell Nature Sanctuary at 9 am. To everyone’s surprise and delight, the weather gods were in a good mood,

  Trip to the Raptors – Sept 16, 2018   An enthusiastic group of a dozen plus Nature Nanaimoites visited The Raptors in Duncan, on Sun. Sept 16th, carpooling together

We joined local paleontologist Graham Beard for a fossil hunt in Nanoose.      

A small group of members gathered outside the Oyster Bay Cafe at the Ladysmith Community Marina where we received an excellent education about the biology and conservation of our largest

We explored Lotus pinnatus park to view the abundant wildflowers.

A small but intrepid group of Nature Nanaimoites met at Milner Gardens in Qualicum on Sat. April 28. The rain didn’t stop us from enjoying a tour of the Gardens

Nature Nanaimo members joined author and marine biologist Rick Harbo, on an outing to examine life in the intertidal zone on Holland Bank beach in Ladysmith.

We toured the 8 acre recovery centre to learn about the work being done at the centre as well as viewing captive eagles, owls, ravens and other wildlife. Learn more

We had a lecture and guided tour of the VIU field station in Bowser and learned about their extensive oyster research program. For more information about the station, click here.