Greater Sydney

Great Southern BioBlitz 2021 - Greater Sydney

After a successful City Nature Challenge earlier in the year, the Southern Hemisphere once again gets the opportunity for a large-scale BioBlitz during its Spring, with the second edition of the Great Southern BioBlitz. This year's observation period will run from October 22nd-25th, the perfect time for birds, flowering plants, bugs and more. Large areas of Australia are meant to have a wet winter and early spring this year, so the conditions should be perfect!

Sydney is always a strong BioBlitz contributor; we managed to make more than 3,000 observations in this year's City Nature Challenge! My challenge to everyone is for Sydney to reach 3,500 observations during the Great Southern BioBlitz 2021.

During all of spring and across all years in Sydney, the most observed species is the silver princess cicada, followed by eastern water dragons, greengrocer cicadas and 8 bird species. Interestingly, during last year's event, the top 10 most observed species were much more of a mixed bag from a taxonomic perspective; 5 birds, 2 molluscs, an orchid, a shark and an insect. I'm looking forward to which mix of species we see this year, and will be aiming to see 50 new species I've never seen before :)

And of course, for anyone who won't be in Sydney or who can't participate, your identifications are also warmly welcomed.

-thebeachcomber

Elegant Blue Webcap Cortinarius rotundisporus observed by @shabadoo75 © Joe Lipson

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Not in Sydney? Have a look at the communities that have joined via the Great Southern Bioblitz 2021 Umbrella from across the global south!

To find out more information about this event, check out our website at Great Southern Bioblitz

Previous events:
Great Southern Bioblitz 2020 Umbrella
Check out this summary blog about the 2020 Great Southern Bioblitz 'Great Southern Bioblitz - Amazing First Year!' by Pete Crowcroft (AKA @possumpete )

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