Recent Gallery Updates

8/2/2018

Invertebrates
Updated and fully revised the Orthoptera galleries (Grasshoppers & Bush-crickets).

22/1/2018

Invertebrates
Updated and fully revised the Hoverfly galleries (Syrphidae).
Updated the following butterflies:
Red Admiral, Speckled Wood

3/1/2018

Birds
Updated/added the following species:
Little Grebe; Great Crested Grebe; Great Cormorant; Grey Heron; Mute Swan; Gadwall; Northern Shoveler; Eurasian Wigeon; Tufted Duck; Goosander; Ring-necked Pheasant; Black-tailed Godwit; Common Kingfisher; Eurasian Nuthatch; European Robin; Dunnock; Northern Wren; Blackcap; Common Whitethroat; Great Tit; Blue Tit; Marsh Tit; Long-tailed Tit; Eurasian Magpie; Tree Sparrow; Chaffinch

28/7/2017

Plants
Added Adoxaceae and Aceraceae to the Eudicots
Amaryllidaceae:
Added Allium roseum, A. victorialis & Aphyllanthes monspeliensis.

26/7/2017

Plants
Added Figwort Family (Scrophulariaceae), Daphne Family (Thymelaeaceae) and Triggerplants (Stylidiaceae) to the Eudicots

20/7/2017

Plants
Updated/added the following species:
Lamiaceae: added 14 new species
Rosaceae: added 10 new species
Polemoniaceae: Jacob's-ladder
Convolvulaceae:
Sea Bindweed
Orchidaceae:
Marsh Helleborine, Early Marsh Orchid, Common Bee Orchid
Sarraceniaceae:
Purple Pitcher-plant

18/7/2017

Added several new species to the Tiger Moth Gallery
Added Ferns, Horsetails, Clubmosses, Gymnosperms and Willows to the Plant Galleries

9/7/2017

Birds
Updated/added the following species:
Anatidae : Egyptian Goose
Ardeidae :
Grey Heron

Mammals : Added new images to Eastern Grey Squirrel

5/4/2017

Birds
Updated/added the following species:
Accipitridae :
Eurasian Buzzard
Anatidae :
Red-breasted Merganser
Ardeidae :
Grey Heron
Gaviidae :
Great Northern Diver/Common Loon
Haematopodidae :
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Corvidae :
Hooded Crow

Mammals : Added new images to Red Deer & Red Squirrel
Venomous Snakes : Added
European Adder (Vipera berus)

3/3/2017

Venomous Snakes
Added the following species :
Viperidae : Saw-scaled Vipers (
Echis carinatus; Echis coloratus; Echis ocellatus; Echis pyramidum); Puff Adder; Gaboon Viper; Rhinoceros Viper
Elapidae : Spectacled Cobra; Monocled Cobra; Rinkhals; Red Spitting Cobra; Cape Coral Snake

2/3/2017

Birds
Updated/added the following species :
Anatidae :
Mandarin Duck; Red-crested Pochard
Muscicapidae : European Robin; Common Stonechat
Prunellidae : Dunnock
Sittidae : Eurasian Nuthatch

27/1/2017

Updated/added the following pages :

Landscapes : Images from 2016 trips added to Australia, France & Spain

Amphibians : Cane Toad, Green-eyed Treefrog, Northern Barred Frog

Reptiles : Boyd's Forest Dragon, Water Dragon, Eulamprus tigrinus, Red-bellied Black Snake, Saw-shelled Turtle, Southern Blue Tongue, Eastern Water Skink, Northern Leaf-tailed Gecko, White's Skink

Mammals
Monotremes : Duck-billed Platypus, Short-beaked Echidna
Marsupials : Tasmanian Devil, Common Wombat, Green Ringtail Possum, Coppery Brush-tailed Possum, Australian Spotted Cuscus, Rufous-bellied Pademelon, Bennett's Wallaby, Eastern Grey Kangaroo, Musky Rat Kangaroo
Cetaceans :
Humpback Whale, Long-finned Pilot Whale, Common Bottlenose Dolphin
Carnivores : Australian Fur Seal

1/8/2016

Updated/added the following pages :
Wildflowers : Globularia repens; Globularia bisnagarica; Snapdragon, Annual Rock-rose; Common Asphodel; White Asphodel; Asphodelus fistulosus; Xanthorrhoea australis; Xanthorrhoea platyphylla; Tree Aloe; Urospermum dalechampii; Tolpis barbata; Milk Thistle; Galactites tomentosa; Jersey Thrift;
Mallow Bindweed
; Grape Hyacinth

29/7/2016

Updated/added the following pages :
Butterflies : Mountain Clouded Yellow; Southern Scarce Swallowtail; Common Swallowtail; Wall, Dingy Skipper
Crustaceans : Decapoda (crabs & Crayfish)

Wildflowers
Orchids :
Common Bee Orchid; Woodcock Orchid; Sombre Bee Orchid; Fly Orchid; Lady Orchid; Dense-flowered Orchid; Elder-flowered Orchid; Black Vanilla Orchid; Cowslip Orchid; Pink Candy Orchid; White Spider Orchid; Banded Bee Orchid; Little Laughing Leek Orchid; Zebra Orchid
Iridaceae : Bearded Iris; Spanish Iris

26/7/2016

Birds
Updated/added the following species :

Anatidae : Gadwall
Columbidae : Woodpigeon
Hirundinidae : Barn Swallow
Passeridae : House Sparrow
Turdidae : Whinchat

Mammals : Alpine Chamois; Alpine Marmot

Amphibians : Stripeless Tree Frog

Reptiles : Slow Worm; Large Psammodramus; Common Wall Lizard; Shingleback; Merten's Water Monitor; Estuarine Crocodile; Carpet Python; Boyd's Forest Dragon, Water Dragon

25/7/2016

Birds
Updated/added the following species :
Ardeidae :
Purple Heron; Squacco Heron; Little Egret; Cattle Egret
Threskiornithidae : Glossy Ibis
Ciconiidae : White Stork
Recurvirostridae : Black-winged Stilt
Phoenicopteridae :
Greater Flamingo
Accipitridae : Egyptian Vulture; Western Marsh Harrier
Muscicapidae : Spotted Flycatcher

24/7/2016

Birds
Updated/added the following species :
Laridae :
Audouin's Gull; White-winged Black Tern; Common Tern; Whiskered Tern
Motacillidae :
Yellow Wagtail; Tawny Pipit
Muscicapidae :
Pied Flycatcher
Sylviidae :
Cetti's Warbler; Western Subalpine Warbler; Melodious Warbler
Turdidae :
Common Nightingale
Fringillidae :
European Serin

3/4/2016

Wildflowers
Added 10 new species to the Ranunculaceae (Buttercup family) galleries

26/2/2016

Birds
Updated/added the following species :
Phasianidae :
Red Grouse; Ptarmigan
Petroicidae :
Western Yellow Robin; Scarlet Robin; White-breasted Robin; Lemon-bellied Flyrobin
Maluridae : Lovely Fairy-wren; Splendid Fairy-wren
Pardalotidae : Striated Pardalote

Mammals : Red Deer

25/2/2016

Birds
Updated/added the following species :
Orthonychidae :
Chowchilla
Rhipiduridae : Northern Fantail; Willie Wagtail; Arafura Fantail; Grey Fantail
Eupetidae : Eastern Whipbird
Monarchidae : Paperbark Flycatcher; Restless Flycatcher; Shining Flycatcher; Pied Monarch;
Leaden Flycatcher; Spectacled Monarch
Pachycelaphidae : Sandstone Shrike-thrush; Grey Whistler; Golden Whistler; Rufous Whistler

22/1/2016

Birds
Updated the following species :
Acanthizidae :
Mountain Thornbill; Atherton Scrubwren; Western Gerygone; White-browed Scrubwren
Cuculidae : Pheasant Coucal
Campephagidae : Varied Triller; White-winged Triller; Barred Cuckoo-shrike; White-bellied Cuckoo-shrike; Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike

21/1/2016

Birds
Updated the following species :
Ardeidae :
Pied Heron
Cacatuidae : Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
Columbidae : Rose-crowned Fruit-dove

14/1/2016

Birds
Pittidae : Rainbow Pitta
Motacillidae : Australasian Pipit
Mammals
Redesigned main mammal index & created sub-indexes for major groups
Updated/added following species
:
Marsupials : Honey Possum; Red-legged Pademelon; Short-eared Rock Wallaby; Mareeba Rock Wallaby; Yellow-footed Antechinus; Torresian Striped Possum; Green Ring-tailed Possum
Lagomorphs : European Rabbit
Rodents : Mexican Hairy Dwarf Porcupine
Sloths & Anteaters : Northern Tamandua

11/1/2016

Birds
Ciconiidae : Black-necked Stork
Threskiornithidae : Royal Spoonbill, Glossy Ibis; Straw-necked Ibis
Ardeidae : White-necked Heron; Great-billed Heron; Pied Heron; Little Egret; Pacific Reef Heron
Pelecanidae : Australian Pelican
Phalacrocoracidae : Little Pied Cormorant
Anhingidae : Australasian Darter
Podagridae : Papuan Frogmouth
Aegothelidae : Australian Owlet-nightjar
Cuculidae : Little Bronze-cuckoo; Brush Cuckoo; Fan-tailed Cuckoo
Rallidae : Purple Swamphen
Otidae : Australian Bustard
Burhinidae : Bush Stone-curlew; Beach Stone-curlew
Recurvirostridae : Pied Stilt
Charadriidae : Pacific Golden Plover; Lesser Sandplover; Masked Lapwing; Red-kneed Dotterel
Scolopacidae : Grey-tailed Tattler
Glareolidae : Australian Pratincole
Laridae : Whiskered Tern
Accipitridae : Black Kite; Little Eagle
Meropidae : Rainbow Bee-eater
Coraciidae : Oriental Dollarbird
Alcedinidae : Azure Kingfisher; Red-backed Kingfisher; Buff-breasted Paradise-kingfisher
Falconidae : Nankeen Kestrel
Cacatuidae : Red-tailed Black Cockatoo; Carnaby's Black Cockatoo
Psittacidae : Hooded Parrot; Northern Rosella; Elegant Parrot; Varied Lorikeet; Red-collared Lorikeet; Red-winged Parrot; Double-eyed Fig-parrot

8/1/2015

Birds
Anseranatidae
: Magpie Goose
Anatidae : Plumed Whistling-duck; Wandering Whistling-duck; Radjah Shelduck; Green Pygmy-goose; Grey Teal
Podicipedidae : Australasian Grebe
Columbidae : Brown Cuckoo-dove; White-tipped Dove; Chestnut-quilled Rock-pigeon; White-quilled Rock-pigeon; Squatter Pigeon; Bar-shouldered Dove; Pacific Emerald Dove; Torresian Imperial-pigeon; Black-banded Fruit-dove; Rose-crowned Fruit-dove