With ever-changing IT options, such as apps and other technologies, it can be difficult to keep up with current nature identification tools.

For assistance to use these apps, feel free to reach out to our Bushcare Officers, who are happy to show you how to use these apps to identify an array of wildlife, plants, fungi and more.

Apps such as iNaturalist are helpful in teaching us about nature and can also assist science and monitoring programs in local areas.

To date, iNaturalist data has been cited in more than 7,000 scientific papers, so every observation provided can contribute to real science and conservation via community involvement. iNaturalist recently advised that two moths were found not to be extinct, as feared, and another moth was new to science. All thanks to interested participants documenting their nature finds via iNaturalist.

Keep an eye on our Bushcare events page for later in the year, as we are planning to host an event to assist Bushcarers to learn how to use identification apps.