A day trip photo essay
27th August, 2020
City Rock and the nearby heath, in the sunshine, with friends.
The plants
Spring has yet to arrive and already many plants are in bloom, including 3 species of orchid. Below is a glimpse, not nearly the full story!
The animals
A very brief peek into the rock pools, between waves and a rising tide. Then a general prowl around the cliff tops. Skinks aplenty, a few insects, a tiny spider, and a raft of fur seals.
Arctocephalus sp.
The long whiskers and pointed snout suggest this is A. forsteri (the New Zealand Fur Seal) rather than A. pusillus doriferous (the Australian Fur Seal) … both species occur here, and I’m not confident I can distinguish them.
Arctocephalus sp.
The long whiskers and pointed snout suggest this is A. forsteri (the New Zealand Fur Seal) rather than A. pusillus doriferous (the Australian Fur Seal) … both species occur here, and I’m not confident I can distinguish them.
View to the east from City Rock, a rock shelf on the southern side of Green Cape
Just 10km from our home forest is a very different natural environment. Tawny-crowned Honeyeaters are a distinctive feature of coastal heath communities.