Biodiversity Blitz Week 2 Update

We’re now past the half way mark of the September Biodiversity Blitz and the observation count is climbing. Our 170 ‘blitzers’ have logged 6,400+ observations and over 1,000 species. What an effort! With school holidays about to begin we hope to see more observers sign up to the blitz.

It has been a nail-biting week when it comes to the species count on the challenge leaderboard - https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/biodiversity-blitz-2021-melbourne - with Yarra Ranges and Mornington jostling for first position. Typically, less than 10 species separate us from Mornington.

When it comes to Yarra Ranges observations there has been a reordering of the flora in the top 10 compared to last week and some exciting newbies in our fauna list.

Top 10 flora:

1. Love Creeper
2. Prickly Moses
3. Tough Rice Flower
4. Australian Mountain Greenhood
5. Wonga Vine
6. Blackwood
7. Pultenaea gunnii (golden bush-pea)
8. Common Heath
9. Three-corned Garlic
10. Australian Clematis

Top 10 fauna

1. Australian Painted Lady (butterfly)
2. Crimson Rosella
3. Laughing Kookaburra
4. Magpie
5. Grey Fantail
6. Genus Chrysso (comb-footed spiders)
7. Pied Currawong
8. Western Honey Bee
9. Australian Wood Duck
10. Common Wombat

The Yarra Ranges Council Team

Publicado el 17 de septiembre de 2021 por suz1966