Photo of the Month

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="500"] Coral Lichen (Cladia repitora) in the Grampians National Park, Vic (Photo: J. Tuck)[/caption] Autumn weather is here and with it comes amazing woodland lichen and fungii. This photo of Coral Lichen (Cladia repitora) was taken in woodland near Sundial Peak in the Grampians...

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="500"] Wandering Percher (Diplacodes bipunctata) at The Marshes NFR, SA (Photo: J. Tuck)[/caption] This female Wandering Percher (Diplacodes bipunctata) was spotted at the Marshes Native Forest Reserve back in December. The female can usually be discerned from the male by its sandy or...

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="400"] Grey Box Grassy Woodland at Custon Parklands, SA (Photo: B. Haywood)[/caption] Grey Box (Eucalyptus microcarpa) Grassy Woodland is a nationally-listed endangered flora community under the EPBC Act, but some great examples remain in the South East of SA, including this one at...

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="400"] Sword-grass Brown butterfly, SA (Photo: B. Haywood)[/caption] The regionally rare Sword-grass Brown butterfly (Tisiphone abeona, pronounced ‘Ti-sif-any’) is found throughout the coastal sedgelands of the lower south-east of SA, and as far inland as Whennen NFR in the Mt Burr Range. The caterpillars...

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="400"] Beach Stone-curlew at Point Douglas, SA (Photo: J. Tuck)[/caption] The South East SA region had an unexpected visitor last weekend when a vagrant Beach Stone-curlew (Esacus magnirostris) was spotted in the Conservation Park down at Douglas Point. They're usually found on the north...

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="400"] Tawny Frogmouth at Eaglehawk Waterhole, SA (Photo: J. Tuck)[/caption] This shot of a Tawny Frogmouth was taken at NGT's restoration property Eaglehawk Waterhole - near Frances, SA. A host of birds have been seen through there recently including Diamond Firetails, Red-tail Black-cockatoos,...