on your walk

Nature is all around us, you just need to know what to look for.

  • 20 minutes a year during annual count week, then year-round via the Birdata app. It’s exactky what it sounds like, you simply count the birds you see and record that number. Visit https://aussiebirdcount.org.au

  • Point your phone's camera at any plant, animal, fungus, or insect and get an instant AI identification suggestion, then a global community of naturalists confirms or refines it. Free, usable literally any day, not tied to a set event, and it works for absolutely anything you spot, not just one species group. Managed nationally through the Atlas of Living Australia. Visit https://www.inaturalist.org

  • A national citizen science project built specifically for recording butterfly sightings on the go. The free app includes an offline field guide to help identify what you've found, then submits your sighting to a database used for conservation research. Visit https://butterflies.org.au

  • Photograph fungi on any walk and submit what you find. Their annual Great Aussie Fungi Hunt each autumn is a good low-pressure way in. Visit https://fungimap.org.au

  • Record frog calls your hear on your walk onto your phone, any time of year. Visit https://www.frogid.net.au

  • A special interest group for members interested in photographing native birds. Visit https://birdlife.org.au

"…there was a creek not far away. So I’d be catching tadpoles and just loved watching them grow up to little frogs, and then I’d be taking them back to the creek"

– Nadine, 61, from New South Wales