Same campus. Different locals.
Get ready for our first campus-wide Bioblitz event!
What is a Bioblitz?
Picture this - you, your mates and a really nifty app called iNaturalist helps tally what epic species we’re sharing our campus with.
There are a series of events to get amongst during the day, including bird counts, group surveying and a scavenger hunt.
Where?
The event will have its central hub based on Union Lawn, which will be a meeting point for groups to join nature ID walks and activities such as stream sampling in the Leith.
When?
Friday 24 April | 9am till 4pm
Meet on Union lawn to join:
All Day - Scavenger hunt and group surveying
9am - Bird ID Walk
10am Plant ID Walk
10:30am Plant ID Walk
11am - Stream sampling in the Leith
11am - Bird ID Walk
12pm - Nature ID Walk
12pm-4pm - Nature art with the Sustainable School
1pm - Stream sampling in the Leith
1:30pm Fungi/ Plant ID Walk
2pm - Bird ID Walk
3:30pm - Plant ID Walk
Other activities:
10am-12pm Plant Identification | Desk in corridor leading to the Link
1pm- 4pm - Native grass planting | Polytech living garden, Harbour Terrace
3-5pm - Shoreline bioblitz at the Portobello Marine Studies Centre
Why are we doing this?
In connection with Wild Dunedin City Nature Challenge - this event will include staff, students and general public. Engage and learn about the local biodiversity you share this same space with and help record data that goes on to support further mahi in protecting and caring for these species.