A wet winter weekend is the perfect time to get out and search for fungi. Spotted in the Perth Hills, IDs (I think): 💛 Tremella mesenterica 🤎 Campanella gregaria 🤍 Myxarium nucleatum 🧡 Ramaria sp. 🍄🍄‍🟫🌿 #fungifriends #wildoz #fungi #winter

With the winter rains come the slime moulds 🌧️🍄 🍓 Tubifera ferruginosa 📍 Perth Hills, 28 June 2026 #fungifriends #wildoz #slimemould #winter

The beautiful flower of a Swamp Rainbow, a species of Drosera endemic to Western Australia. 📍 Perth Hills, 21 June 2026 #ozflora #wildoz #fierceflora #sundew #nativeplants #bloomscrolling #stunday #flowersonsunday 🌿

Spotted our first Autumn Leek Orchid (Prasophyllum parvifolium) for the season in the Perth Hills today. Despite their common name, the peak flowering time for these orchids is actually in the winter months. #orchids #ozflora #wildoz #nativeplants #inaturalist 🌿

A few of the native wildflowers seen in the Perth Hills over the last week. It’s so nice to see the local bush beginning to burst with colour ❤️💛💜🤍🌿 Styphelia foliosa Cristonia biloba biloba Hovea chorizemifolia Drosera hirsuta #ozflora #wildoz #nativeplants #bloomscrolling #inaturalist

Drosera heterophylla - Swamp Rainbow This lovely #sundew is just starting to flower in the Perth Hills along winter wet granite outcrops. These sundews are easy to ID, having more petals than other endemic Drosera species. #ozflora #wildoz #fierceflora #nativeplants #bloomscrolling #inaturalist 🌿

A bird bath with a view 🦜🛁 It might be cold and cloudy, but this Australian Ringneck Parrot, or Darlmoorluk in the local Noongar language, took advantage of a rain filled feeder and had a quick bath this afternoon. 📍 Perth Hills, Western Australia 🌿 #ausbirds #wildoz #birds #parrot #nature

Drosera rosulata One of the tuberous sundews that is endemic to the southwest of Western Australia. This one was happily growing around a granite outcrop in the Perth Hills in late autumn 🌿 #ozflora #fierceflora #sundew #wildoz #nativeplants #bloomscrolling

A passion for recording terrestrial orchids in his local area results in a citizen scientist describing three new species of Australian sun orchid (Thelymitra sp). Every observation counts! #orchids #ozflora #wildoz #inaturalist #citizenscience #communityscience www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06...

Thelymitra apiculata - Cleopatra’s Needles This must be one of Western Australia’s most striking native terrestrial orchids. A winter flowering species, the flowers open on sunny winter days #orchids #ozflora #wildoz #nativeplants #inaturalist 🌿

Hakea laurina - Pincushion Hakea/Kodjet A lovely native endemic to Western Australia. With their beautiful clusters of cream and pink flowers, the Pincushion Hakea is often found in gardens around Australia. #ozflora #wildoz #hakea #nativeplants #bloomscrolling #inaturalist 🌿

A female and male Bird of Paradise fly (Callipappus sp), showing the extreme sexual dimorphism exhibited by these scale insects. Seen today in the Perth Hills, WA #ausinverts #wildoz #inaturalist #bugsky

Winter Spider Orchids (Caladenia drummondii) are small (just 60-100mm tall) and delicate, yet they’re happily growing in the hard baked ground of the Western Australian Wheatbelt #orchids #biodiversity #ozflora #ozplants #wildoz 🌿

A beautiful sunny winter's morning is the perfect time to catch these amazing male Bird of Paradise flies (Callipappus sp) flitting about in search of a female. Despite their common name, these are not actually flies but a species of scale insect. #ausinverts #wildoz #inaturalist #bugsky #inverts

The Noongar season of Makuru swept in with a bang last weekend with one of the strongest storms Western Australia has seen for decades 💨🌧️ The good drenching of rain we had will certainly help those winter and spring flowers along though 🌿 #ozflora #wildoz #nativeplants #inaturalist

It’s a wet weekend in the Perth Hills, which can be the perfect time for a walk… things look so fresh and vibrant after some rain. Flowering currently: Daviesia angulata Eriochilus dilatatus Lomandra nigricans Hovea chorizemifolia #ozflora #wildoz #nativeplants #inaturalist #bloomscrolling 🌿 🌧️

Starting to see a few more of our native flowers making their appearance in the Perth Hills now… which means the bush is starting to look more colourful 🌿 Andersonia lehmanniana Drosera collina Styphelia nitens Hibbertia hypericoides #ozflora #wildoz #nativeplants #bloomscrolling #inaturalist

An autumnal sunrise looking out over Kalamunda National Park in the Perth Hills this week. The colours at this time of year can be absolutely stunning 🧡💛❤️ #sunrise #autumn #wildoz #WesternAustralia 🌿

Glyphipterix protomacra A sedge moth that visited our Perth Hills moth light last week. Turns out, this is the first record of this species on #inaturalist and possibly the first picture of a living specimen. Amazing what you can see in your backyard! #teammoth #ausinverts #wildoz #Lepidoptera

Eriochilus dilatatus sp. undulatus - Crinkle-leaved Bunny Orchid Still seeing a few Bunny Orchids flowering in the Perth Hills... like this Crinkle-leaved Bunny. The side view shows the curled labellum, two white lateral sepals and the two smaller petals. #orchids #ozflora #wildoz #inaturalist 🌿

These beautiful Black Cockatoos roost in & around Jorgensen Park in Kalamunda. Sadly, their peaceful home will be used for the Harry Potter: Forbidden Forest event this winter, with lights & sound effects late into the night. Commercialising nature without caring about nature 😢 #wildoz #ausbirds

Some of the autumn flowers currently blooming in the Perth Hills and looking beautiful in the late afternoon sunshine Olearia paucidentata Banksia sessilis sessilis Hakea petiolaris Drosera collina #ozflora #wildoz #nativeplants #inaturalist #bloomscrolling 🌿

Eriochilus helonomos - the Swamp Bunny orchid Another autumn flowering species endemic to WA which grows preferentially in swampy areas. These small orchids have two bright white sepals and a beautifully fuzzy labellum. #orchids #ozflora #wildoz #inaturalist 🌿

Caladenia drummondii - the Winter Spider Orchid One of the first spider orchids of the season to flower in Western Australia. These orchids can be hard to spot, not only are they really small but they blend in against the forest leaf litter. #orchids #ozflora #wildoz #nativeplants #inaturalist 🌿

Eriochilus dilatatus - White Bunny Orchid A relatively common autumn flowering orchid endemic to Western Australia. These orchids produce nectar which attracts their native bee pollinators. #orchids #ozflora #wildoz #inaturalist #nativeplants 🌿

The autumn flowers are starting to show themselves in the Perth Hills. In my wanders this week I’ve come across these lovely native flowers: Drosera collina Hakea petiolaris Olearia paucidentata Styphelia nitens #ozflora #wildoz #nativeplants #inaturalist #bloomscrolling

Lomandra preissii - Preiss' Mat Rush This dioecious Lomandra species is currently in flower in the Perth Hills. Its flowers aren’t showy so are easy to walk past without noticing, but a closer look shows the different female (L) and male (R) flowers. #ozflora #wildoz #nativeplants #inaturalist

Lovely to see some autumn colour and some of our first orchids of the season flowering in the Perth Hills today 💜💛 #orchids #ozflora #wildoz #nativeplants #inaturalist IDs in ALT

Edible orchids are being overharvested in the Mediterranean – how to protect these astonishing blooms #Orchids #Environment #Biodiversity #ClimateChange #Mediterranean #Sustainability #Wildlife #Ecology #Plants #NatureProtection #EndangeredSpecies #Trade the-14.com/edible-orchi...

Leporella fimbriata - the Hare Orchid One of our autumn flowering orchids which can be found in Western Australia as well as in Southern Australia & Victoria. Hare orchids are specifically pollinated by flying male bull ants (Myrmecia sp.) 🐜 #orchids #ozflora #wildoz #nativeplants #nature

Research using Australian herbarium specimens shows orchid pollination has fallen 60% since the 1970s. The “declines in pollination are most pronounced in orchids that rely on specialised pollinator interactions” #orchids #nativeplants #pollinator #conservation theconversation.com/preserved-or...

🎼Sound up for the dawn chorus… West Aussie style 🎼 This large flock of Black Cockatoos (presumably Carnaby’s given the numbers) comes over our house at around dawn each morning currently. Best alarm clock you could ever have!! #ausbirds #birds #wildoz #cockatoo #sunrise #dawnchorus

Such a beautiful sunrise this morning over the Perth Hills… some rumbles of thunder, a few spots of rain and some Black Cockatoos flying by made it a special start to the day! #PerthWeather #sunrise #wildoz

In the Perth Hills we are now in the Noongar season of Djeran, a time when the hot weather has passed, the nights are now cooler and some flowers start appearing (IDs in ALT) #ozflora #wildoz #autumn #nativeplants #bloomscrolling

The change of the season was marked this morning by the arrival of the first Angled Satin Moth (Thalaina angulosa) of the year. We see these stunning moths in the Perth Hills between April and June. #teammoth #ausinverts #wildoz #Lepidoptera #inaturalist

Just over a year on from the bushfire that burnt through 5,300ha of bushland north of Perth, regeneration of the area is continuing. Autumn flowers are starting to bloom and butterflies are visiting 🦋 #ozflora #ausinverts #wildoz #butterflies #Lepidoptera #inaturalist

#BirdOfTheDay theme is #blue. Kind of screams out for some fairy wrens! This is a Splendid Fairywren.

It’s the last Saturday in March today which means Earth Hour is today 🌎🌍🌏 Wherever you are, switch off your non-essential lights between 8.30pm & 9.30pm (your local time) and together we can reduce our impact on the Earth 💡 #EarthHour2026 #switchoff #climatechange www.earthhour.org.au

It's not too much longer to wait now before our autumn flowering orchids will start making their appearance. Like the Bunny Orchids (Eriochilus sp.), which generally flower in the Perth Hills between April and June. #orchids #ozflora #wildoz #nativeplants #inaturalist #bloomscrolling

The amazing Marri has been voted #EucalyptusoftheYear2026 🥳 This fabulous Western Australian #eucalyptus flowers en masse in the hotter months of summer providing essential resources for our native #bees and #inverts 🐞🪲🐝🦋 #ozflora #wildoz

A beautiful sunrise peeking beneath the clouds over Kalamunda National Park this morning. Happy Friday, everyone! #PerthSunrise #PerthWeather #sunrise

Seems our Perth Hills council wants to host a Harry Potter: Forbidden Forest Experience in a well-loved bushland park this winter. Locals are rightly very worried! Light and sound shows, unless they are well-located, can harm wildlife. #auswildlife #wildoz theconversation.com/harry-potter...

It's the last day to vote for your #EucalyptoftheYear2026 The WA Marri gets my vote; these amazing trees support a lot of our native wildlife... providing food for our endangered cockatoos (Baudin's, Carnaby's & Red-Tails) and hollows for nesting and shelter 🌳🦜 #ozflora #wildoz #eucalyptus

Drosera subhirtella - Sunny Rainbow One of the scrambling, carnivorous sundews endemic to Western Australia. The Sunny Rainbow's delicate yellow flowers can be seen between August and October. #ozflora #wildoz #fierceflora #sundews #Drosera #nativeplants #inaturalist #bloomscrolling

Dichopogon capillipes We are getting towards the end of a long, hot summer and there isn't much flowering in the Perth Hills at the minute, but these amazingly delicate flowers are one thing that you can see in the bush currently. #ozflora #wildoz #nativeplants #bloomscrolling #nature

Pollinators beware 🕷️ An Orbweaver (Araneidae) patiently lies in wait on the labellum of a White Spider Orchid (Caladenia longicauda) #orchids #ozflora #ausinverts #wildoz #arachnids #inaturalist #nature

Caladenia falcata - the Fringed Mantis Orchid To me, this orchid exudes drama with those upswept sepals and a broad labellum that is tipped slightly back. Endemic to Western Australia and flowering from late August. #orchids #ozflora #wildoz #nativeplants #inaturalist #bloomsscrolling

A little bit of fog in the forest. #landscape of #Australia #trees

Brunonia australis - Native Cornflower A plant that can be found around Australia and which is known for its striking blue flowers 💙 #ozflora #wildoz #botanicalart #nativeplants

The garden certainly appreciated the summer storm that passed over the Perth Hills this morning. The rain certainly made things a bit brighter and fresher, including this lovely Hibbertia sp. flower which was glistening with raindrops #ozflora #wildoz #nativeplants #rain #storm