Local stories / Creature Features
Do you have a nature story to share? It might be as simple as the variety of creatures found in rockpool. Or you may have investigated a species or a landscape in greater depth.
Just email us some text and photos for inclusion in our ‘Local Stories / Creature Features’ section.
Raymond Daly (info@atlasoflife.org.au).
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April 2024
- 21 Apr 2024 Natura Far South Coast - Issue 12 21 Apr 2024
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February 2024
- 10 Feb 2024 Natura Far South Coast - Issue 11 10 Feb 2024
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January 2024
- 10 Jan 2024 Natura Far South Coast - Issue 10 10 Jan 2024
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November 2023
- 11 Nov 2023 Natura Far South Coast - Issue 09 11 Nov 2023
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May 2022
- 12 May 2022 Weedy seadragons death mystery 12 May 2022
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April 2022
- 9 Apr 2022 Storm Strands - Wallagoot Beach, Bournda National Park, 5th April 2022 9 Apr 2022
- 8 Apr 2022 Sea Pens onshore 8 Apr 2022
- 8 Apr 2022 Slugs and Snails 8 Apr 2022
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April 2021
- 6 Apr 2021 A Snorkeler’s Sapphire Summer 6 Apr 2021
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January 2021
- 7 Jan 2021 An early brief snorkel - Lizzie Allen 7 Jan 2021
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June 2020
- 25 Jun 2020 Wild Black Range 25 Jun 2020
- 8 Jun 2020 Platypus Morn 8 Jun 2020
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May 2020
- 28 May 2020 The Far South Coast White-bellied Sea-eagle project 28 May 2020
- 27 May 2020 A Bold Eagle over the Black Range 27 May 2020
- 13 May 2020 Frogs in the Pond 13 May 2020
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April 2020
- 30 Apr 2020 Ambling Along the Anabranch 30 Apr 2020
- 8 Apr 2020 Gone on Goannas 8 Apr 2020
- 3 Apr 2020 Wombat kingdom 3 Apr 2020
- 2 Apr 2020 The hunters' tree 2 Apr 2020
- 1 Apr 2020 Feeding King Parrots 1 Apr 2020
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March 2020
- 30 Mar 2020 Gang-gangs at Tura Beach 30 Mar 2020
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February 2020
- 20 Feb 2020 Platypus and the Anabranch 20 Feb 2020
- 13 Feb 2020 Forest recovery: a case study 13 Feb 2020
- 7 Feb 2020 Black Tide 7 Feb 2020
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December 2019
- 22 Dec 2019 Underwater wonders 22 Dec 2019
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October 2019
- 16 Oct 2019 The Screaming Woman and the Growling Dog 16 Oct 2019
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August 2019
- 27 Aug 2019 Waterbugs 27 Aug 2019
- 26 Aug 2019 Plants of Wyndham by Norm Clarke 26 Aug 2019
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June 2019
- 29 Jun 2019 Videos by a natural naturalist 29 Jun 2019
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April 2019
- 14 Apr 2019 WASP ALERT: notes from 2019 14 Apr 2019
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February 2019
- 9 Feb 2019 Of orchids and bees 9 Feb 2019
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December 2018
- 23 Dec 2018 Local bees 23 Dec 2018
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August 2018
- 4 Aug 2018 Glossies en masse: a rare treat indeed! 4 Aug 2018
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July 2018
- 11 Jul 2018 Getting to know spiders 11 Jul 2018
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May 2018
- 23 May 2018 Winter Holiday 23 May 2018
- 18 May 2018 Spotted-tailed Quolls 18 May 2018
- 12 May 2018 Diversity in the barnacle zone 12 May 2018
- 8 May 2018 When Crimsons aren't crimson 8 May 2018
- 4 May 2018 Aerial contortionists 4 May 2018
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April 2018
- 24 Apr 2018 New sighting for the Atlas – to bee or not to bee! 24 Apr 2018
- 21 Apr 2018 Butterfly eggs and a seriously tiny invader 21 Apr 2018
- 17 Apr 2018 Banjo rays 17 Apr 2018
- 13 Apr 2018 Butterflies, grasshoppers, and Autumn breeding 13 Apr 2018
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February 2018
- 23 Feb 2018 Mini Blue Tide 23 Feb 2018
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January 2018
- 22 Jan 2018 Snorkelling snippets 22 Jan 2018
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December 2017
- 9 Dec 2017 A Weedy Walk along the Shore 9 Dec 2017
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November 2017
- 10 Nov 2017 Little Terns & other Beach Nesting Birds 10 Nov 2017
- 4 Nov 2017 Tideline & Beyond 4 Nov 2017
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October 2017
- 18 Oct 2017 Spotted Pardalote - one of our favourite birds 18 Oct 2017
- 6 Oct 2017 A rare find on Bournda Beach 6 Oct 2017
- 6 Oct 2017 Goanna Hatchlings 6 Oct 2017
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September 2017
- 26 Sep 2017 Rare sighting of Koala near Aragunnu 26 Sep 2017
- 8 Sep 2017 Spotted-tail Quoll or Wedge-tail eagle - who won? 8 Sep 2017
- 8 Sep 2017 Flying foxes at Glebe Lagoon 8 Sep 2017
- 2 Sep 2017 Mandeni Meandering to Greencape Gales 2 Sep 2017
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August 2017
- 31 Aug 2017 Kangaroo twins at Tura 31 Aug 2017
- 11 Aug 2017 Southern Forest Life..... 11 Aug 2017
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June 2017
- 7 Jun 2017 Dem bones have a story to tell 7 Jun 2017
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March 2017
- 21 Mar 2017 Fabulous Fungi season is here... 21 Mar 2017
- 16 Mar 2017 A rare Wraparound spider 16 Mar 2017
- 4 Mar 2017 Warm Currents ,More fish...and Octopus activity 4 Mar 2017
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February 2017
- 24 Feb 2017 Tropical Visitors....and more 24 Feb 2017
- 10 Feb 2017 Early record of a Peacock spider 10 Feb 2017
- 5 Feb 2017 Octopus's Garden in the making... 5 Feb 2017
- 2 Feb 2017 Blue Tide Creatures 2 Feb 2017
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January 2017
- 15 Jan 2017 Channel -Billed cuckoo 15 Jan 2017
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December 2016
- 18 Dec 2016 Grand Designs for some ? 18 Dec 2016
- 3 Dec 2016 Baby Pigmy possum 3 Dec 2016
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November 2016
- 8 Nov 2016 Sea Hares in Spring 8 Nov 2016
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October 2016
- 20 Oct 2016 Grey Goshawk 20 Oct 2016
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June 2016
- 11 Jun 2016 Eastern Curlew - extinction in sight? 11 Jun 2016
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May 2016
- 8 May 2016 Plants & Fungi at Tuross 8 May 2016
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March 2016
- 28 Mar 2016 Gloomy Octopus and underwater companions 28 Mar 2016
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February 2016
- 28 Feb 2016 Underwater World 28 Feb 2016
- 14 Feb 2016 Dendrodoris? help with ID please 14 Feb 2016
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December 2015
- 11 Dec 2015 Young Tiger Quoll filmed near Batemans Bay 11 Dec 2015
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November 2015
- 20 Nov 2015 Rare Dugong sighting at Merimbula! 20 Nov 2015
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October 2015
- 26 Oct 2015 Beach Stone Curlew……rare sighting 26 Oct 2015
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August 2015
- 2 Aug 2015 Tiger Quoll caught in the act 2 Aug 2015
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July 2015
- 14 Jul 2015 Osprey …. Merimbula 14 Jul 2015
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June 2015
- 3 Jun 2015 A great find at Narooma for the Marine Society 3 Jun 2015
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April 2015
- 22 Apr 2015 Sea Hares…… 22 Apr 2015
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March 2015
- 24 Mar 2015 Diamond Python 24 Mar 2015
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February 2015
- 20 Feb 2015 Moorish Idol 20 Feb 2015
- 1 Feb 2015 Breeding success…Beach nesting birds 1 Feb 2015
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January 2015
- 5 Jan 2015 Snorkelling Season is here 5 Jan 2015
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December 2014
- 12 Dec 2014 Koo -o-eel ……Eastern Koel 12 Dec 2014
- 6 Dec 2014 Six legged shorebird 6 Dec 2014
- 6 Dec 2014 Black cod in the Bruce Steer pool 6 Dec 2014
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November 2014
- 18 Nov 2014 Help to ID this bird 18 Nov 2014
- 12 Nov 2014 Great koala find at the Bioblitz 12 Nov 2014
- 10 Nov 2014 Painted Button quail 10 Nov 2014
- 5 Nov 2014 Scarlet Honeyeaters for the first time 5 Nov 2014
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September 2014
- 28 Sep 2014 Whale soup + more from Greencape 28 Sep 2014
- 19 Sep 2014 Spring is in the Air 19 Sep 2014
- 18 Sep 2014 Time for a spring clean 18 Sep 2014
- 2 Sep 2014 A Des Res for a possum 2 Sep 2014
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August 2014
- 31 Aug 2014 Turtle fatigue south of the 30th parallel 31 Aug 2014
- 20 Aug 2014 Finding Dragons of the underwater variety 20 Aug 2014
- 4 Aug 2014 Sea Potato….Heart Urchin 4 Aug 2014
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July 2014
- 22 Jul 2014 New bird in our patch 22 Jul 2014
- 21 Jul 2014 Winter Visitors 21 Jul 2014
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June 2014
- 11 Jun 2014 WOMBATS at play……? 11 Jun 2014
- 6 Jun 2014 Osprey …….& other raptors 6 Jun 2014
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May 2014
- 9 May 2014 More Fabulous Fungi 9 May 2014
- 8 May 2014 500m diameter baitball near Montague 8 May 2014
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April 2014
- 29 Apr 2014 An elusive subject 29 Apr 2014
- 23 Apr 2014 The best time for Fungi forays 23 Apr 2014
- 9 Apr 2014 Middens and otoliths 9 Apr 2014
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March 2014
- 24 Mar 2014 Where do all our Hoodies go ? 24 Mar 2014
- 19 Mar 2014 Angler fish or alien? 19 Mar 2014
- 18 Mar 2014 More details on pumice visitors 18 Mar 2014
- 18 Mar 2014 Remember the Fijordland penguin? 18 Mar 2014
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February 2014
- 25 Feb 2014 Heatwaves kill flying foxes 25 Feb 2014
- 25 Feb 2014 Moon blubber? 25 Feb 2014
- 20 Feb 2014 Unusual Sea Slugs 20 Feb 2014
- 19 Feb 2014 How to eat a jellyfish 19 Feb 2014
- 10 Feb 2014 Hooded Plover family 10 Feb 2014
- 7 Feb 2014 Gloomy Stingaree 7 Feb 2014
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January 2014
- 14 Jan 2014 Surfing Snake ? 14 Jan 2014
- 2 Jan 2014 new info - Pumice flotsam attracts settlers 2 Jan 2014
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December 2013
- 28 Dec 2013 Butcherbird 28 Dec 2013
- 19 Dec 2013 Nest hunting Goannas 19 Dec 2013
- 14 Dec 2013 Unusual visitors to the Blue Pool 14 Dec 2013
- 8 Dec 2013 Pod of Killer whales sighted at Mowarry 8 Dec 2013
- 5 Dec 2013 the Koala's voice 5 Dec 2013
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November 2013
- 28 Nov 2013 Water Dragons re-defined 28 Nov 2013
- 10 Nov 2013 Lace Monitor nest 10 Nov 2013
- 7 Nov 2013 Hooded Plovers….back & busy 7 Nov 2013
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October 2013
- 15 Oct 2013 Jacky Lizard.[ Amphibolurus muricatus ]...... egg laying 15 Oct 2013
- 8 Oct 2013 Fiordland Penguin Progress 8 Oct 2013
- 3 Oct 2013 Green Cape sightings by COG 3 Oct 2013
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September 2013
- 27 Sep 2013 Eat the Invader! green shore crabs..... 27 Sep 2013
- 22 Sep 2013 Cryptic Cockles revealed 22 Sep 2013
- 17 Sep 2013 Fiordland Penguin 17 Sep 2013
- 13 Sep 2013 Lennard's Island rocky shore ramble 21st September 13 Sep 2013
- 1 Sep 2013 First Day of Spring? 1 Sep 2013
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August 2013
- 26 Aug 2013 Southern Right Whales........Baleen & Callosities 26 Aug 2013