| January |
| Australia
Wide |
| Large
sea-hares in rock pools; paper nautilus shells wash up on beaches; on
dunes and islands young seabirds hatch in burrows and sandscrapes. |
| North
|
| Reefs:
barracuda come close to rocky inlets; black-finned long toms are leaping.
Beach: mud crabs come up on high tide; lesser frigate birds close to shore;
large swarms of dragonflies; night herons and sharks wait for turtle hatchlings.
|
| South |
| Beach:
toadfish and porcupine fish wash up; tiny transparent salps at high tide
mark; blue swimmer crabs in surf; large sea hares in rockpools; bluebottles
and velellas washing up; salmon in shallows; bronze whaler sharks patrol;
paper nautilus and violet snails washing up; look for brittle stars in
rockpools; arrival of silver trumpeters along Tasmanian coast; shoals
of mackerel are followed by barracuda, dolphins and gannets. |
