Citizen Science Projects
| The Waterbug Company |
Monitoring water quality by surveying waterbugs |
| Saltmarsh monitoring |
Contributing to research on saltmarshes in Tasmania |
| Birds in Backyards |
From Birdlife Australia: research, education, conservation. Via the web or the app. |
| Echidna Conservation Science Initiative (EchidnaCSI) |
Citizen science echidna monitoring for conservation (sightings, scat collection) |
| Feral Scan |
Powered by Centre for Invasive Species Solutions: recording pest animal activity |
| Australian Biocontrol Hub |
Can log sightings of biocontrol occurence. Is put onto the Atlas of Living Australia |
| FungiMap |
Mapping distribution of fungal species, use iNaturalist and it's put into their internal database (if you log the observation under their project) |
| Tassie Deer Spotters |
Help mapping occurrences of deer, managed by the Invasive Species Council using iNaturalist |
| Where? Where? Wedgie! |
Wedge Tailed Eagle citizen science surveys in Tasmania |
| Little Penguin Survey and Monitoring Toolkit |
Help understand population trends and the distribution of little penquins in Tasmania |
| Pesticide Watch |
Other Resources
| Tas Veg Monitoring and Mapping Program |
TASVEG |
| Landcare Tas Wildlife Monitoring Camera Tips |
Buying and usage tips for cameras |
| Bird Finder |
From Birdlife Australia: Click through key for bird ID |
| Identify weeds |
From Weeds Australia: Online key for weed ID |
| Key to Tasmanian Dicots |
Tasmanian Plant ID online key |
| Centre for Invasive Species Solutions |
All sorts of resources about invasive species, same people as Weeds Australia (have weed ID app) |
| iNaturalist - video tutorials |
Learn how iNaturalist works |
