Spring Bioblitz in Eurobodalla Botanic Garden 2 October 8:00 am – 2:00 pm

Celebrate spring in our beautiful Botanic Garden with a Bioblitz! On Sunday On 2 October we are launching Life in the ERBG - an iNaturalist project for the Botanic Garden. The ERBG is the perfect place to become familiar with local biodiversity - all plants in the Garden are native to the Eurobodalla region, and more than 75% of the Garden is native forest.

This Spring Bioblitz will be a fun event focusing on nature exploration - special early morning bird walks, activities for under-12s, and guided walks highlighting interesting features. A “Lab” will be set up in the Visitors Centre to help with identification, connect with local experts, and provide photographic advice. If you are already on iNaturalist, take a guided walk or do your own thing. If you are a parent – or grandparent – consider registering your family for an under-12s Find-It education walk.

But there is a serious side too - all iNaturalist observations taken in the ERBG register simultaneously on the Budawang Coast Atlas of Life project and flow to the national biodiversity database, Atlas of Living Australia. In this way, the bioblitz will contribute to citizen science across the region and Australia. iNaturalist observations in the Garden are already providing valuable insight into flowering times, pollinator activity and bushfire recovery. And they provide an excellent educational resource.

Join the Spring Bioblitz, and help promote nature exploration, discovery, citizen science, and conservation in our coastal region.

Register now through Eventbrite - https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/spring-bioblitz-at-the-garden-tickets-402132377767
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Posted on 30 August, 2022 02:52 by annielane