Ben’s Walk, Nowra Showground ClimateWatch trail
N
200m
Use this map with the recording sheets or ClimateWatch app to record sightings in Nowra.
For more information visit climatewatch.org.au or contact Nowra Public School.
Location
Species
Ben’s Walk 1
Illawarra flame tree (Brachychiton acerifolius), Common brown butterfly (Heteronympha
merope), Magpie (Pica pica), Willie Wagtail (Rhipurda leucophrys)
Ben’s Walk 2
Lewin’s Honeyeater (Meliphaga lewinii) , Cabbage Moth (Mamestra brassicae), Pied Butcherbird
(Craticus nigrogularis)
Ben’s Walk 3
Ben’s Walk 4
Ben’s Walk 5
Ben’s Walk 6
Ben’s Walk 7
Ben’s Walk 8
Illawarra flame tree (Brachychiton acerifolius), Lewin’s Honeyeater (Meliphaga lewinii)
Egg and bacon pea (Dilwynia retorta), Honey bee (apis), Greengrocer (Cyclochila australasiae)
Water Dragon (Intellagama lesueurii), Eastern Yellow Robin (Eopsaltria australis), Greengrocer
(Cyclochila australasiae), Eastern Water Skink (Eulamprus quoyii)
Jacaranda (Jacaranda mimosifolia)
Ribwort Plantain (Plantago lancelata), Magpie (Pica pica), Magpie-lark (Grallina cyanoleuca),
Eastern Water Skink (Eulamprus quoyii)
Eastern Spinebill (Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris), Eastern Yellow Robin (Eopsaltria australis),
Lewin’s Honeyeater (Meliphaga lewinii)
Group
Species: Common name (Scientific name)
Birds
Magpie (Pica Pica), Willie Wagtail (Rhipurda leucophrys), Lewin’s Honeyeater (Meliphaga lewinii), Pied
Butcherbird (Craticus nigrogularis), Eastern Yellow Robin (Eopsaltria australis), Magpie-lark (Grallina
cyanoleuca), Eastern Spinebill (Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris)
Insects
Common brown butterfly (Heteronympha merope),Cabbage Moth (Mamestra brassicae), Honey bee
(apis), Greengrocer (Cyclochila australasiae)
Plants
Illawarra flame tree (Brachychiton acerifolius), Egg and bacon pea (Dilwynia retorta), Jacaranda
(Jacaranda mimosifolia), Ribwort Plantain (Plantago lancelata)
Reptiles
Water Dragon (Intellagama lesueurii), Eastern Water Skink (Eulamprus quoyii)
This ClimateWatch trail was developed with Illawarra Environmental Education Centre and Nowra Public School.
Recording sheet for plants
Open seed pods
(record all days)
Time
End of flowering
(when 95% of the
flowers have faded)
Date
What did you see?
(check one)
First fully open
single flower
Location (suburb, town, park)
10 or more
Species
1
When you observe an indicator species simply fill in as many of the fields
below as you can. Then when you get back to a computer you can upload your
data quickly, easily and accurately by following your worksheet.
Less than 10
How many?
(check one)
Full flowering
(record all days)
Use this recording sheet to help accurately
record what you’ve seen.
Remember there are over 80 ClimateWatch indicator species so check the website to find out what
to look for in your area. Don’t forget to record your observations online! www.climatewatch.org.au
climatewatch.org.au
earthwatch.org.au
Recording sheet for birds
Use this recording sheet to help accurately record what you’ve seen
When you observe an indicator species, simply fill in as may of the fields below as you can. Then when you get back
to a computer, you can upload your data quickly, easily and accurately by following your worksheet.
Nest
200m
Bird on nest
Feeding
Calling
Courting/Mating
Time
More than 10
Date
Less than 10
Location
What did you see?
(Check one)
1
Species
How Many?
(Check one)
Recording sheet for insects
Use this recording sheet to help accurately record what you’ve seen.
When you observe an indicator species simply fill in as many of the fields below as you can. Then when you get back to a
computer you can upload your data quickly, easily and accurately by following your worksheet.
Chrysalis
Calling
Presence of swarm
Synchronised
emergence
Egg laying
Courting/mating
Time
What did you see?
(check one)
Presence
Date
10 or more
Location (suburb, town, park)
Less than 10
Species
1
How many?
(check one)
Remember there are over 80 ClimateWatch indicator species so check the website to find out what
to look for in your area. Don’t forget to record your observations online! www.climatewatch.org.au
climatewatch.org.au
earthwatch.org.au
Recording sheet for reptiles
Use this recording sheet to help accurately record what you’ve seen.
When you observe an indicator species simply fill in as many of the fields below as you can. Then when you get back to a
computer you can upload your data quickly, easily and accurately by following your worksheet.
Moving
Courting / mating
Basking
Feeding
Presence of juvenile
Hatched eggs
Time
What did you see?
(check one)
Unhatched eggs
Date
10 or more
Location (suburb, town,
park)
Less than 10
Species
1
How many?
(check one)
Remember there are over 80 ClimateWatch indicator species so check the website to find out what
to look for in your area. Don’t forget to record your observations online! www.climatewatch.org.au
climatewatch.org.au
earthwatch.org.au
Recording sheet for plants
Open seed pods
(record all days)
Time
End of flowering
(when 95% of the
flowers have faded)
Date
What did you see?
(check one)
First fully open
single flower
Location (suburb, town, park)
10 or more
Species
1
When you observe an indicator species simply fill in as many of the fields
below as you can. Then when you get back to a computer you can upload your
data quickly, easily and accurately by following your worksheet.
Less than 10
How many?
(check one)
Full flowering
(record all days)
Use this recording sheet to help accurately
record what you’ve seen.
Remember there are over 80 ClimateWatch indicator species so check the website to find out what
to look for in your area. Don’t forget to record your observations online! www.climatewatch.org.au
climatewatch.org.au
earthwatch.org.au
Recording sheet for birds
Use this recording sheet to help accurately record what you’ve seen
When you observe an indicator species, simply fill in as may of the fields below as you can. Then when you get back
to a computer, you can upload your data quickly, easily and accurately by following your worksheet.
Nest
200m
Bird on nest
Feeding
Calling
Courting/Mating
Time
More than 10
Date
Less than 10
Location
What did you see?
(Check one)
1
Species
How Many?
(Check one)
Recording sheet for insects
Use this recording sheet to help accurately record what you’ve seen.
When you observe an indicator species simply fill in as many of the fields below as you can. Then when you get back to a
computer you can upload your data quickly, easily and accurately by following your worksheet.
Chrysalis
Calling
Presence of swarm
Synchronised
emergence
Egg laying
Courting/mating
Time
What did you see?
(check one)
Presence
Date
10 or more
Location (suburb, town, park)
Less than 10
Species
1
How many?
(check one)
Remember there are over 80 ClimateWatch indicator species so check the website to find out what
to look for in your area. Don’t forget to record your observations online! www.climatewatch.org.au
climatewatch.org.au
earthwatch.org.au
Recording sheet for reptiles
Use this recording sheet to help accurately record what you’ve seen.
When you observe an indicator species simply fill in as many of the fields below as you can. Then when you get back to a
computer you can upload your data quickly, easily and accurately by following your worksheet.
Moving
Courting / mating
Basking
Feeding
Presence of juvenile
Hatched eggs
Time
What did you see?
(check one)
Unhatched eggs
Date
10 or more
Location (suburb, town,
park)
Less than 10
Species
1
How many?
(check one)
Remember there are over 80 ClimateWatch indicator species so check the website to find out what
to look for in your area. Don’t forget to record your observations online! www.climatewatch.org.au
climatewatch.org.au
earthwatch.org.au