Links to useful websites for nature watchers. Living attentively to place.

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USEFUL WEBSITES For Nature Watchers

1. ECOS magazine online: www.publish.csiro.au/ecos
You can view current and all back issues of Ecos. This is a wonderful site for tracking down articles on various aspects of Australia's flora and fauna, ecosystems, etc.

2. PHENOLOGY sites. (The study of the times of recurring natural phenomena, especially in relation to climate and seasonality.)
Timelines Australia has a slot on the Gould League of Victoria website: www.gould.edu.au
The Sydney Environmental Education Network (S.E.E.N.) includes Timelines postings for the Western Sydney Blue Mountains area (posted by Ken Schaefer):
www.seen.org.au

Newcastle City Council's website has a Nature Watch section on which Jenny Musicka posts a summary of observations for each month of the year: http://www.ncc.nsw.gov.au/

Macquarie University's BIOWATCH (phenology) http://www.bio.mq.edu.au/ecology/BioWatch/

Richard Bell's Wild West Yorkshire (UK) website (of particular interest to artists) http://www.wildyorkshire.co.uk

European Phenology Network: www.dow.wau.nl/msa/epn/

UK Woodland Trust's Phenology Network: http://www.woodland-trust.org.uk/phenology

For reference to the magazine: Nature Australia (published by The Australian Museum):
http://www.natureaustraliamagazine.com.au

For local (Newcastle) Nature Watch: http://www.ncc.nsw.gov.au/environ/education/naturewatch/

For information on the Wetlands Centre (Shortland): http://www.wetlands.org.au

For information about the Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney: http://www.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au

3. FLORA & FAUNA (general):
Threatened Species Network: www.wwf.org.au/tsn
Environment Australia: www.ea.gov.au/biodiversity/
The Australian Museum: www.austmus.gov.au
Australian National Botanic Gardens: www.anbg.gov.au
Wildlife Preservation Society of Queensland: www.wildlife.org.au
Overseas: National Geographic Magazine: www.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/

For bird enthusiasts: Birds Australia: http://www.birdsaustralia.com.au

FLORA & FAUNA (specific)
Australian Plants Society: www.austplants-nsw.org.au
(This site has a wealth of information, and within it, the Newcastle group has its own website just follow down the regional groups and click on Newcastle's)
Australian Native Bees Research: www.zeta.org.au/~anbrc/

For identifying butterflies, moths and their caterpillars: http://www-staff.mcs.uts.edu.au/~don/larvae/larvae.html3

For information about frogs, and frog study groups: http://www.frogs.wwf.org.au

For information about common Australian birds: http://www2.abc.net.au/science/birds/default.htm

4. METEOROLOGY
Bureau of Meteorology: www.bom.gov.au
For Hunter region weather: www.hunterweather.com
For dramatic photographs of clouds, hailstorms, sunsets, etc: www.australiasevereweather.com/photography

For information on measuring time of the day, etc (sundials): http://www.sundials.co.uk/
(also) http://www-spof.qsfc.nasa.gov/stargaze/Sundial.htm

MORE

AGL Sustainable Living Competition http://www.sustainableliving.com.au

Blue Mts Conservation Society http://www.bluemountains.org.au

Blue Mts Rare & Endangered Species Group http://www.green.net.au/rarespecies

Blue Mts Scenic World. http://www.scenicworld.com.au

Blue Mts. City Council http://www.bmcc.nsw.gov.au

Clean Up Australia http://www.cleanup.com.au

Dept Land and Water Conservation http://www.dlwc.nsw.gov.au

Earth Charter http://www.earthcharter.org

Earth Day Network http://www.earthday.net

Enviroease http://www.emsoft.com.au/Web/emsa.nsf/vWP/Enviroease