Spanish TV celebrity Frank Cuesta – Google him as "Natural Frank" – is very entertaining and a passionate wildlife enthusiast. It’s all in Spanish but I think you will get the idea.

BBC TV, all the way from the UK are also coming to Perth and I am filming a rather silly children’s TV version of a snake catching course. In case you didn’t know I used to do a lot of film and TV work back in the UK so it is good to be back doing a little bit behind as well as in front of the camera.

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However, John Young an avid conservationist and bird watcher has recently rediscovered the elusive Night Parrot Pezoporus occidentalis. By filming, sound recording and supplying feathers he has, via DNA work undertaken at our very own West Australian Museum, had his finding confirmed.

These parrots are a medium sized bird at around 25cm in length and mostly bright green in colour. Ground dwelling, waddling, crepuscular and or nocturnal, they have rarely been spotted for many decades - although a decapitated one was found in Queensland in 2006. A few were spotted in 2005 in the Pilbara near Fortescue Marshes and FMG even produced a Night Parrot Management Plan.

Mr Young is so concerned that the location of this exciting ornithological find will be leaked that he is refusing to tell government wildlife agencies the exact location. He is also keeping sound recordings of their call a secret so they cannot be used to lure them into traps. Not sure I can blame him at all.

Virginia McGrath a local snake catcher was called to the charity shop in Ingham NE Queensland and relocated the snake to nearby wetlands. This was some weeks ago now but well worth mentioning here. She also said the vomit police reported was actually pooh! Potentially a very dangerous size snake to grapple with and pythons approaching anything like this size should be caught only when you have a team mate to assist. They could easily wrap and constrict an adult human, and a bite from one this big can result in a serious wound. You would have needed one of our larger snake hooks to catch that one!

Although highly venomous, and despite their name and reputation, Tiger Snakes would rather avoid confrontation. Initially as a defensive strategy they may lunge with a loud hiss, it’s generally a warning to stay back rather than a sign of real aggression.

Sheltering and hunting in thick vegetation, amphibians are the preferred diet, but they will also consume geckos, skinks, small mammals and birds. Mating occurs in the spring and the young snakes are born live in litters of 15 to 30.

Interestingly in a population on Carnac Island WA, the adults feed almost entirely on seagull chicks. Many of the snakes in this offshore habitat are blinded by the adult gulls protecting their young.

A Perth reptile relocater has been envenomated twice by this species. The first time was a bite and he chose to wait and see if symptoms showed, foolishly assuming it was a dry bite. When he bled from his penis he decided to get to hospital.

Please, even if you only think you may have been bitten apply the pressure bandaging and phone an ambulance without delay. That is not a symptom I ever want to hear about again.

The second envenomation he received was post capture of a snake. His colleague told me that the feisty snake had bitten the catching bag. And once the snake was safely contained in a tube they jumped back in the car, one of them holding the bag and not the handle with his bare hands. A short while later whilst driving along he felt sick. They stopped, open the door and he vomited, felt weird and then collapsed. He had received secondary envenomation from the cloth bag through cuts on his skin.

A short stay in hospital and he has fully recovered. In the first case he did receive antivenom in the second he didn’t need it but had kidney complications. Please be careful out there. Poor planning and reluctance to wear full personal protective equipment can be as dangerous as the most venomous snake. Post capture envenomations are remarkably common.

She should be back meeting her public and attending snake handling courses very soon. If I get any nice pics I will Facebook them. Oh yes you can Like us on Facebook too – if you feel the need.