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Sun, 22 Sept
|Buckley's Hole Conservation Park
Great Southern Bioblitz
Learn about iNaturalist and contribute observations to the one of the world's biggest citizen science projects, the Great Southern Bioblitz!
When and where
22 Sept 2024, 8:00 am – 10:00 am
Buckley's Hole Conservation Park, Buckleys Hole Track, Bongaree QLD 4507, Australia
About the event
The 'Great Southern BioBlitz', or 'GSB' for short, is an international period of intense biological surveying in an attempt to record all the living species across the Southern Hemisphere in Spring.
Join us at Buckley's Hole for a springtime survey of the park's biodivesity, Â with help from the ecology team from Friends of Parks QLD!
- Learn about iNaturalist
- Get expert help from volunteers
- Contribute to a hemisphere of data!
- Add new record to the Bribie Island species list
It's also a great chance to learn about how to best to harness the power of the iNaturalist app, which through community particpation is helping build an ongoing and contemporary species list for Bribie Island and surrounds, and recording the presence of a range of interesting critters and plants!
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The purpose of the Great Southern Bioblitz is to highlight both the immense biodiversity spread across the Southern Hemisphere in the flourishing springtime, as well as to engage the public in science and nature learning using the citizen science platform iNaturalist. As we are international, in Spanish we are known as 'Gran Biobúsqueda del Sur', while in Portuguese we are known as 'Grande BioBlitz do Hemisfério Sul'.
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Flowers are blooming, insects are emerging, birds are singing, and reptiles are coming out of their winter hibernation. It makes sense for the Southern Hemisphere to observe life at this time of year!
The #GSB24 project will be collecting observations from the 20th until the 23rd of September, incorporating different communities, areas and regions across the Southern Hemisphere.