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2022 Atlas of Life

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Birds

1. Powerful Owl - Alex Metcalfe

2. Just dropping in to say hi - Red-browed Finch - Steve Sass

3. Peek a boo - White-browed Scrub wren - Steve Sass

4. From behind - a different perspective of the Laughing Kookaburra - Steve Sass

5. Male Scarlet Robin searching for a mate - Teena Burnell

6. New Holland Honeyeater - Teena Burnell

7. Regular visitors - Black Cockatoo - Liz Allen

8. Feed me! - Leo Berzins

9. White Headed Pigeon in flight - Teena Burnell

10. The allure of Azure - Matthew Higgins

11. Breakfast time for Eastern Spinebill - Matthew Higgins

12. Busy mum Darter on the Anabranch, Bega - Matthew Higgins

13. Pied Oyster Catcher - Liz Allen

14. Juvenile Spinebill - Paul Whittock

15. Yellow Robin - Peter Harris

16. Juvenile Shrike Thrush - Paul Whittock

17. Yellow faced honeyeater - Paul Whittock

18. Toolbox Meeting Pied Currawongs - Jenn Leayr

19. Black Beauty - Jenn Leayr

20. A gap in the reeds - Leo Berzins

21. Social distancing - Leo Berzins

22. A pair of yellow-tailed black cockatoos - Kjell Hensen

23. A little tern flying overhead - Kjell Hensen

24. Emu portrait. Taken at Potato point - Kjell Hensen

25. Rare white Goshawk appeared in our Bermagui garden - Motria Tymkiw von Schreiber

26. Tawny Frogmouth camouflage training - Motria Tymkiw von Schreiber

27. A male yellow-tailed black cockatoo feeding on a wood-boring larvae - Tess Poyner

28. A great egret fishing in the shallows. Image taken at Mummaga Lake - Tess Poyner

29. Spotted pardalote - Tess Poyner

30. Eastern Koel surveys which nest to invade - Motria Tymkiw von Schreiber

112. Eagle vs. Osprey An Osprey trying to steal a fish from a White-bellied Sea Eagle - Jenn Leayr

Terrestrial vertebrates (excludes birds)

31. Southern Death Adder (Acanthophis antarcticus) - Matt Clancy

32. Southern Heath Frog (Litoria watsoni) - Matt Clancy

33. Recently metamorphosed Southern Giant Burrowing Frog (Heleioporus australiacus flavopunctatus). - Matt Clancy

34. Jacky Dragon and Margin-winged Stick Insect - Alex Metcalfe

35. Armoured - Rose Constable

36. Diamond python. North Brou beach - Luke Hamilton

37. Baby Wombat in the pouch comes out for a look and a nibble! Matthew Higgins

38. Don't wake Smaug! Matthew Higgins

39. At home on the Anabranch, Bega - Matthew Higgins

40. Lace Monitor - afternoon snack - Teena Burnell

41. Eastern Grey Kangaroo at Middle Lagoon - Leo Berzins

42. Eastern Grey Kangaroo and joey at Middle Beach Leo Berzins

43. Short Beaked Echidna - Karen Regan

44. Common wombat - Karen Regan

45. Blue tongues mating - Paul Whittock

46. Swamp wallaby - Karen Regan

47. Two mummas with their bubbas - Jennifer Leayr

48. A mum and her pup - Jennifer Leayr

49. A common death adder photographed on a warm night in Tathra - Kjell Hensen

50. A cheeky wallaby photographed in Tathra - Kjell Hensen

51. There's a dinosaur in my garden - Motria Tymkiw von Schreiber

52. A red-bellied black snake soaking in a swampland after rain. - Tess Poyner

53. Eastern grey Kangaroos photographed in the Deua national park - Tess Poyner

54. A diamond python sunning itself - Tess Poyner

55. Sunrise dog - Otis Waratah

Invertebrates

56. Dragonflies making vibrations - Teena Burnell

57. Looper Moth - Teena Burnell

58. Jewel Spider - Teena Burnell

59. Double beauty - Matthew Higgins

60. What a buzz! Matthew Higgins

61. Wandering Ringtail Damselfly - Karen Regan

62. Monarch Butterfly - regal pose. Paul Whittock

63. Those delicate eyes: Helena Gum Moth. Alex Metcalfe

64. St Andrews Cross Spider - New outfit - Paul Whittock

A Swordgrass Brown Butterfly slurping on a chickweed flower. Jennifer Leayr

66. A strange alien appeared in my garden - Motria Tymkiw von Schreiber

67. Speckled Orbweaver pebble pathway - Jan Watson

68. Basking butterfly - Liz Allen

113. Supper time - Paul Whittock

Plants & Fungi

69. I bet you weren’t expecting to see me here. Luke Hamilton

70. Fungi finds a way - Matthew Higgins

71. Lichen moss - Teena Burnell

72. Orange Mushrooms - Teena Burnell

73. Ghost mushrooms - Karen Regan

74. Ghost Mushrooms Fruiting - Peter Harris

75. Jewels amongst the slime Stinkhorn - Alex Metcalfe

76. Bioluminescence A magical Ghost Mushroom glowing through the night - Jennifer Leayr

77. A species of bracket fungi, photographed in Narooma. Kjell Hensen

78. Green - Kjell Hensen

79. Silent forest - Kjell Hensen

80. Red Anther Wallaby Grass, Rytidosperma pallidum. Sharon Pearson

81. Vittadinia cuneata, Fuzzweed. Sharon Pearson

82. New beginnings. Tess Poyner

83. A ruby bonnet mushroom. Tess Poyner

84. Everlasting - Liz Allen

Marine & intertidal species

85. Hypselodoris obscura, Blue Pool, Bermagui. Nick Shaw

86. Octopus sp. - Alex Metcalfe

87. Australian Fur Seal at Middle Beach - Leo Burzins

88. The great southern migration - Teena Burnell

89. Southern Right Whale Calf - Peter Harris

90. Marine Flatworm - Paul Whittock

91. Anemone Lover - Jennifer Leayr

92. Open Wide A Humpback Whale showing off its huge tongue and baleen whilst feeding off the coast of Merimbula. Jennifer Leayr

93. Tubeworm - Jennifer Leayr

94. Two fur seals playing on Montague Island. Tess Poyner

95. A humpback whale fluke. Tess Poyner

96. Notocypraea dissecta. An Australian Southern Cowrie. Wayne King.

97. Spirula spirula. The Ram's Horn Squid. Wayne King

98. Seals off from the Bermagui Blue Pool. Maximilian Tymkiw von Schreiber

99. Octopus's garden - Liz Allen

100. Two seals near the Blue Pool Bermagui - Maximilian Tymkiw von Schreiber

Landscape & Habitat

101. Stairway to the moon - Aslings Beach Eden - Linda Chislett

102. Spotted gum forest in the rain, Mogareeka. Steve Sass

103. Life after the flames - Steve Sass

104. Bunga pigface - Luke Hamilton

Aragunnu, Mimosa Rocks National Pa105. A unique area with a remarkable aura. Alex Metcalfe.

106. Beares Beach uncovered Bermagui NSW August 2022. Kathleen McCann

107. Morning comes to the forest - Motria Tymkiw von Schreiber

108. Shelter from the storm - Beares Beach, Bermagui - Motria Tymkiw von Schreiber

109. The Forest welcomes a beautiful new day - Bermagui - Motria Tymkiw von Schreiber

110. Bithry Inlet Tanja Rocky outcrops - Kathleen McCann

111. Looking South from the end of Beares Beach - Maximilian Tymkiw von Schreiber

Ecological interactions (involving more than one species)

34. Jacky Dragon and Margin-winged Stick Insect - Alex Metcalfe

113. Supper Time - Paul Whittock

112. Eagle vs. Osprey An Osprey trying to steal a fish from a White-bellied Sea Eagle. The eagle pulled an awesome acrobatic manoeuvre and evaded the Osprey. Jennifer Leayr

Entrant aged 13 to 17 years

55. Sunrise dog - Otis Waratah