Well done Cape Town!!!

Yes, I know, we have another 10 days before the Fat Lady sings. And things may well change drastically before then: BUT

Well done Cape Town!!!
We are finally there: we have exceeded our 2010 figures. They are:
observations: 16,245 (and climbing - lots of users still busy, vs: 16,097)
species: 2,320 vs 2,120 &
observers: 288 vs 266

So Cape Town dominates the leaderboard - only one other city has half as many observations, and only 5 other cities have more than half as many species (and three are from South Africa!)

Let us not forget:
Overstrand, Ethekwini and Garden Route - in the top five for observations
Garden Route, Overstrand and Ethekwini - in the top six for species
Overstrand in the top 5 for observers
Do we have some really serious competition for Cape Town? Looks like Overstrand are set to give us some seriously stiff opposition for next year!
But things are still fluid: observations are still being posted, and most IDs are still outstanding.

Over 250 cities/regions/countries took part in the Bioblitz, so this is no mean achievement. Well done to all participants and organizers and everyone who had great fun!!

Also deserving mention on the subcontinent are: Tshwane, Zimbabwe, Zululand and Nelson Mandela Bay, not to forget Zambia and Limpopo, all who posted over 500 observations.

Posted on 28 October, 2021 12:24 by tonyrebelo tonyrebelo

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Here is looking forward to 2022 -

NEWSFLASH: The first meetings for the City Nature Challenge have already taken place:: will your city be taking part? - tell us if you are interested: the deadline is in less than 10 days

Are you going to take part in the City Nature Challenge? This is a little more hectic than the Great Southern Bioblitz. Rather than focusing on having fun and observing and monitoring species, the focus is on numbers and recruiting members. So if your participating societies need more members, or younger members, or more active members, then the City Nature Challenge is for you!!

Sign up below!!

Posted by tonyrebelo over 2 years ago

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