Talk on birds of Peel Island

from the Bayside Bulletin
THE Friends of Peel Island will host a presentation by Dr Peter Woodall on 'The Birds of Peel Island' at the Redlands IndigiScapes Centre, 17 Runnymede Rd, Capalaba on Monday, April 12, at 7pm.

In the 1990s, while a lecturer at the University of Queensland, Dr Woodall made 23 visits to Peel Island to conduct bird surveys. These visits were initially approved by the Redland Shire Council and Ray Cowie, the caretaker, and later by the EPA.


Dr Woodall has also made some incidental observations on the reptiles, including a photographic record of an unusual black (melanistic) form of the blue-tongued skink, which was published in the Queensland Naturalist.


Dr Woodall's talk will include both the birds that he has recorded and also the observations of former Hansens Disease patient Noel (Laddie) Agnew, who was sent to the island at a young age. Apart from a period of remission in the early1920s, Noel's life was confined to the island, where he died in 1937.


RSVP by April 8 to FOPIA secretary Mette Juel on 3822 3501 or 0437 440 567 or email mette@juels.dk. A gold coin donation would be appreciated.