Have you joined the City Nature Challenge 2021: Greater Adelaide?

Its on again and 2021 is set to be a big year ! will the CNC record 1 million observations this year? with over 300 cities participating this year this is surly an achievable goal. In Adelaide we had 6,735 observations of 1,220 species will wee improve on this i wonder? it is my hope that we increase the number of observers from 199 Observers how many can we In February we have 238 observers in the Adelaide area surly we can get 250 for the CNC weekend?
Help us compete with cities from around the world by making the most natural observations possible from Apr 30, 2021 - May 3, 2021, while the data entry and identification stage continues running until the end of the 8th May, 2021. Let's show the world the incredible diversity Adelaide has to offer. From koalas and kangaroos to flora and fauna of all shapes and sizes!

During the 4-day window of this challenge, if you are anywhere in Greater Adelaide, snap a photo of your natural observation and upload it to iNaturalist making sure to include the location!

With the Great Southern Bioblitz a week away I would like to challenge you all to get some practice in!
It's such a lovely day (ok in Adelaide at least) I would like to challenge you to make at least 5 observations and share below on socials #GSBioblitz

https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/great-southern-bioblitz-2020-greater-adelaide

Hi all I have great news, following the success of Australia's first participation in the global ‘City Nature Challenge’ in 2020, cities from all over Australia have since combined forces to organise what we are calling, the ‘Great Southern BioBlitz’, or ‘GSB’ for short; an international period of intense biological surveying in an attempt to record all the living species within several designated areas across the Southern Hemisphere in Spring.

If you are in Greater Adelaide I invite you to join the ‘Great Southern BioBlitz’ 2020 project
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/great-southern-bioblitz-2020_greater-adelaide

or if you are in the City of Onkaparinga
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/great-southern-bioblitz-2020_city-of-onkaparinga

Or maybe organise your own area?
Following the success of Australia's first participation in the global ‘City Nature Challenge’ in 2020, cities from all over Australia have since combined forces to organise what we are calling, the ‘Great Southern BioBlitz’, or ‘GSB’ for short; an international period of intense biological surveying in an attempt to record all the living species within several designated areas across the Southern Hemisphere in Spring.

The GSB event for 2020 will be held from Friday the 25-28th of September (00:00 local "Area" time), incorporating different communities, areas and regions across the Southern Hemisphere.
For more information visit our website
https://greatsouthernbiobl.wixsite.com/website/about
global event facebook
https://www.facebook.com/GSBioblitz/

I will be organising Adelaide again using the
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/great-southern-bioblitz-2020_greater-adelaide
Join our facebook group for discussions
https://www.facebook.com/groups/ActivatingAustralians4CitizenScience
https://www.facebook.com/pg/CNCAdelaide/

If the answers are ‘yes’, we’d love to hear from you.
In a study funded by SA Health’s Office for Ageing Well, we are investigating the health and wellbeing benefits of citizen science participation. For this, we are seeking citizen scientists aged over 50 to answer a series of questionnaires about physical activity, social connections, and overall quality of life.
Participants will receive a short book on Australian fauna or flora as a small token of our appreciation.

This project has been approved by the University of South Australia's Human Research Ethics Committee Ethics, Protocol 202830.
If you are interested in taking part, please contact michelle.rogers@unisa.edu.au

The City Nature Challenge 2020 is all over and the results are in. Check out the global outcomes on the main Umbrella project HERE and the final results HERE. Although many countries are currently experiencing tough times and many people are under movement restrictions, a record number of people found the time to participate in the challenge.
Greater Adelaide Global Ranking

Out of a total 244 participating cities, Greater Adelaide placed 36th in observations, 41st in total species and 53rd in number of participants. An impressive feat considering our relatively small population and our first time participating.

Australian Cities

Of the four participating Australian cities, Greater Adelaide provided the greatest number of observations at 6,701 and also the most observers at 188. The most species were recorded by Geelong at 1,232.

Australia Wide

During the challenge an Australia wide project was run to allow all those around Australia who were outside the participating city boundaries to contribute their observations. During the challenge observation days a total of 24,084 observation of 4,157 species by 1,361 observers were recorded across Australia with a total 41,158 IDs provided by 697 users.

Greater Adelaide Stats

Observations by Local Government Area

Local Government Area	Observations	Species	Observers	Most Observed Species
Adelaide Hills Council	1,117	321	32	30 x Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus)
Adelaide Plains Council	95	65	1	3 x Vacuaria Carpet Moth (Xanthorhoe vacuaria)
Alexandrina Council	472	183	11	12 x Common Correa (Correa reflexa)
Barossa Council	65	44	4	3 x Eriochilus collinus
City of Adelaide	340	132	16	16 x Australian White Ibis (Threskiornis molucca)
City of Burnside	42	32	9	2 x Magpie (Gymnorhina tibicen)
City of Campbelltown	179	102	15	9 x Magpie (Gymnorhina tibicen)
City of Charles Sturt	170	116	12	4 x Magpie-Lark (Grallina cyanoleuca)
City of Holdfast Bay	134	81	5	4 x Musk Lorikeet (Glossopsitta concinna)
City of Marion	273	158	17	11 x Pacific Black Duck (Anas superciliosa)
City of Mitcham	613	242	29	22 x Magpie (Gymnorhina tibicen)
City of Norwood Payneham & St Peters	60	33	5	5 x Eastern Water Skink (Eulamprus quoyii)
City of Onkaparinga	1,067	411	38	15 x Magpie (Gymnorhina tibicen)
City of Playford	73	55	4	4 x Western Grey Kangaroo (Macropus fuliginosus)
City of Port Adelaide Enfield	393	163	18	9 x Grey Mangrove (Avicennia marina)
City of Prospect	6	6	2	1 x Magpie-Lark (Grallina cyanoleuca)
City of Salisbury	89	43	9	9 x Honey Bee (Apis mellifera)
City of Tea Tree Gully	53	44	8	3 x Lycosidae sp. (Wolf Spiders)
City of Unley	101	69	6	3 x Redback Spider (Latrodectus hasselti)
City of Victor Harbor	86	68	6	3 x Silver Gull (Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae)
City of West Torrens	353	162	17	17 x Magpie-Lark (Grallina cyanoleuca)
District Council of Mount Barker	138	115	10	3 x Magpie (Gymnorhina tibicen)
District Council of Yankalilla	267	159	7	7 x Grass-tree (Xanthorrhoea semiplana)
Light Regional Council	15	13	1	2 x White-banded Grass-Dart (Taractrocera papyria)
Rural City of Murray Bridge	17	14	3	2 x Shingleback Lizard (Tiliqua rugosa)
Town of Gawler	16	13	1	2 x Rainbow Ants (Iridomyrmex sp.)
Town of Walkerville	19	15	3	3 x Australian Wood Duck (Chenonetta jubata)

Most Observed Species across Greater Adelaide

The top 3 species observed in each group were:

Plants

• 49 x Golden Wattle (Acacia pycnantha)
• 42 x Grass-tree (Xanthorrhoea semiplana)
• 40 x Cranberry Heath (Astroloma humifusum)

Birds

• 102 x Magpie (Gymnorhina tibicen)
• 63 x Noisy Miner (Manorina melanocephala)
• 58 x Rainbow Lorikeet (Trichoglossus moluccanus)

Mammals

• 41 x Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus)
• 30 x Western grey Kangaroo
• 5 x Grey-headed Flying-Fox (Pteropus poliocephalus)

Reptiles

• 19 x Pale-flecked Garden Sunskink (Lampropholis guichenoti)
• 13 x Eastern Water Skink (Eulamprus quoyii)
• 8 x Shingleback Lizard (Tiliqua rugosa)

Arachnids

• 18 x Wolf Spider (Lycosidae sp.)
• 14 x Redback Spider (Latrodectus hasselti)
• 5 x Spotted Ground Swift Spider (Nyssus coloripes)

Ray-finned Fish

• 3 x Eastern Mosquitofish (Gambusia holbrooki)
• 2 x Leafy Seadragon (Phycodurus eques)
• 1 x Western Talma (Chelmonops curiosus)

Amphibians

• 7 x Common Eastern Froglet (Crinia signifera)
• 3 x Ewing's Tree Frog (Litoria ewingii)
• 2 x Spotted Grass Frog (Limnodynastes tasmaniensis)

Insects

• Honey Bee (Apis mellifera)
• 44 x Monarch (Danaus plexippus)
• 42 x Common Brown (Heteronympha merope)

Molluscs

• 7 x Garden Snail (Cornu aspersum)
• 5 x Threeband Slugs (Ambigolimax sp.)
• 3 x Small Pointed Snail (Cochlicella barbara)

Fungi

• 9 x Shaggy Mane (Coprinus comatus)
• 6 x Spectacular Rustgill (Gymnopilus junonius)
• 3 x Yellow Stainer (Agaricus xanthodermus)

Other Species

• 42 x Portuguese Millipede (Ommatoiulus moreleti)
• 3 x Common Pill Woodlouse (Armadillidium vulgare)
• 2 x Port Jackson Shark (Heterodontus portusjacksoni)

Congratulations to all who contributed to Australia's first participation in the City Nature Challenge. It's great to see so many new users signing up and sharing their discoveries. Although the challenge is over, don't let that stop you from sharing what your find. The local iNat community continues to grow as a source of great knowledge on local species and natural places. Join one or more of the ever growing list of local SA iNat projects and help build the community.

(Challenge totals are calculated as of the end of May 3rd. Additional observations and IDs added after this time will still show in the challenge project, but are not counted in the challenge totals. Species totals are calculated using several methods, with the totals on the project page differing a little from the final totals for the challenge).

Great day everyone, I hope you got some observations in before the rain!

I have made a post on the CNC page so have a look at the link below and share your good work @CNCAdelaie on twitter and facebook
shorturl.at/fvFHW

Wow!what a great start to our #cityNatureChallenge
Look at this observation from @allisondown ,

and this nice pictures from a early morning hike from @bbrice

The City Nature Challenge will run all weekend so join in the fun!

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Stephen here, I have been putting together some virtual ID parties to follow on from the City Nature Challenge!

This should help with some of the more tricky ID’s and maybe be an opportunity for people to network a little. So far, I have put together a few so if you are interested in helping out please have a look and maybe take an active role? all events are posted from the Adelaide Facebook page @cncadelaide

Orchids -https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/100910770832

Plants-(Asteraceae) https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/100913332494

Rockpools https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/101707548014

Insects TBA (other?)- If anyone wants to moderate, please put your hand up!

Beetles TBA- If anyone wants to moderate, please put your hand up!

Wasps TBA- If anyone wants to moderate, please put your hand up!

What else do you think let me know in the comments below, remember you don't need to be in the area to help with ID!

The City Nature Challenge is a global event organised by Natural History Museum Los Angeles County and California Academy of Sciences.

Let's make April 26th moth night around Australia, With all the drought and fires this summer it has defiantly taken a toll on the insect population. But we can check how they're going by setting a trap. (sounds bad but it's harmless) It's just a white sheet and bright light. No keeping. Just observing and taking pictures, then shut the lights off and let them free!

For more information :
https://citynaturechallengeaustralia.wordpress.com/2020/03/14/city-nature-challenge-australia-moth-night/