What happens when your cute little goldfish outgrows its small fishbowl or aquarium?What do you do with it?Well one thing you should never do is release it into your local
Some time ago, Shane Kelly, the Site Manager for the Lake Bonney Wind Farm, approached the Lake McIntyre Management Committee with a suggestion that we may benefit from his company’s
Our pair of black swans have managed a successful breeding event at the lake this month even though it is outside the normal breeding period. They can be seen out
For my first post on the new webiste, and for 2022, I have decided to focus on the most important aspect of Lake McIntyre – the volunteers! Without this very
Our website has just been transferred to WordPress and is still undergoing maintenance to some of its content. Please bear with us while we endeavour to get all the old
Some fun facts about Black Swans: A group of swans on the ground is called a bank. A group of swans in the air is called a wedge. The Latin
The severe storm that blew through on November 11th created quite lot of work for the small but hard working crew of volunteers that maintain the lake and its surrounds.
The Lake McIntyre Straw-necked Ibis population certainly haven’t heard of self-isolating or social-distancing. There have been flocks of several hundreds, even into the thousands, frequenting the lake over the last
At the end of February, one of the Lake McIntyre volunteers noticed someone walking around the lake take an interest in something on the ground. She went to investigate, and
The last Latham’s Snipe survey was held Saturday 18th January, and at last we had some snipe to count! The water level has dropped significantly over the last couple of