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How to Record:Utilise the free ClimateWatch app, or mark each observation on this map in the following format:
Species/HowMany/Behaviour/Comments
Additional pages can be used.
Don't forget to enter your observations through the free ClimateWatch mobile app or webpage:
http://climatewatch.org.au/trails/gresswell-forest
There is no set direction for this ClimateWatch trail. The trail can be explored for short walks or long walks. Multiple individuals of each species can be monitored.
Become a ClimateWatcher by recording at home, on the way to work, or on one of our many ClimateWatch trails in gardens and parks across Australia.
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Code Common Name (Scientific Name) Code Behaviour
Bird
s
AMCKGFESBEYRFRMLMLwSPWSWW
Australian Magpie (Cracticus tibicen)Common Koel (Eudynamys orientalis)Grey Fantail (Rhipidura fuliginosa)Eastern Spinebill (Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris)Eastern Yellow Robin (Eopsaltria australis)Flame Robin (Petroica phoenicea)Magpie-lark (Grallina cyanoleuca)Masked Lapwing (Vanellus miles)Swift Parrot (Lathamus discolor)Welcome Swallow (Hirundo neoxena)Willie Wagtail (Rhipidura leucophrys)
CCaFBoCBoEBoNBfYONP
Courting/matingCallingFeedingBird on chicksBird on eggsBird on nestBird feeding youngOtherNest Presence
Frog
s EPF
SBTFSMF
Eastern Pobblebonk Frog (Limnodynastes du-merilii)Southern Brown Tree Frog (Litoria ewingi)Striped Marsh Frog (Limnodynastes peronii)
CaCTE
CallingCourting/matingTadpoles presentEggs present
Inse
cts
CWBCBB
HBEW
Cabbage White Butterfly(Pieris rapae)Common Brown Butterfly (Heteronympha merope merope)Honey Bee (Apis mellifera)European Wasp (Vespula germanica)
PCECh
Sw
Presence Courting/matingPresence of eggs Chrysalis (butterfly emerging from its shell)Presence of a swarm
Rept
iles AWD
GSAustralian Water Dragon (Intellagama lesueurii)Garden Skink - southern (Lampropholis guichenoti)
PCY
BaskingFeedingCourting/matingHatched eggsPresence of juveniles
Plan
ts
BAFLBWattBWdCBGWGWNGRRGSBSESHMR
Black-anther Flax-lilly (Dianella revoluta)Black Wattle (Acacia mearnsii)Blackwood (Acacia melanoxylon)Cherry Ballart (Exocarpus cupressiformis)Gold-Dust Wattle (Acacia acinacea)Golden Wattle (Acacia pycnantha)Nodding Greenhood (Pterostylis nutans)River Red Gum (Eucalyptus camaldulensis)Sweet Bursaria (Bursaria spinosa)Sticky Everlasting (Xerochrysum viscosum)Spiny-headed Mat-rush (Lomandra longifolia)
1FFFEFNFOSPFR
First fully open flowerFull flowering End of flowering Not floweringOpen seed podsFruit fully ripened
Data collected contributes to
May 2020
Plants and animals are expected to alter their seasonal life cycle events as a result of climate change impacting temperature, rainfall and fire regimes. They may also start appearing in new areas as climate change enables them to live in environments that were previously unsuitable for them.
As you walk around Gresswell Forest, you might spot some of these ClimateWatch species. Learn about them and our other indicator species at climatewatch.org.au or on our free mobile app, and record your observations of their presence and behaviour.
Through ClimateWatch, you can contribute to our scientific understanding of how nature is responding to climate change.
Become a citizen scientistStreets, parks, backyards andbushland – nature is all around us.We are calling on you to takenotice of what’s happening in yourneighbourhood and record whatyou see.
ClimateWatch was developed byEarthwatch with the Bureau ofMeteorology and the University ofMelbourne in 2009 to understandhow changes in temperature andrainfall are affecting Australia’splants and animals.
There are over 130 species tomonitor across Australia including birds, plants, reptiles, insects, mammals andmarine creatures.
ClimateWatch has engaged over 20,000 people across Australia in recording over 100,000 sightings.
How can ClimateWatch helpscientists?Become a regular ClimateWatcher at home, on the move, or on one of our many ClimateWatch trails in gardens and parks across Australia. Record sightings online, or through thefree ClimateWatch app andhelp scientists shape Australia’s response to climate change.
“Changes in rainfall and temperature across Australia are already triggering changes in the established flowering times, breeding cycles, migrations and distributions of the country’s flora and fauna, both native and introduced. Citizen scientists play a very important role as we do not have enough dedicated scientists to monitor different areas.”
Dr Lynda Chambers, Science Advisor
May 2020
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