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BioBlitz 2024 Recap
BioBlitz 2024 Recap
29/10/2024
By Cate Carrigan
Bioblitz4 Mixdown 1.mp3Audio recording from the day
On Sunday 22 September, around thirty people gathered at the Bermagui North Lagoon to take part in a bioblitz conducted by the Atlas of Life, a long-term community project to record the changing biodiversity of the Sapphire Coast.
With support from the Bermagui Flora and Fauna Reserve Land Manager, which set up an information table on the day, the passionate volunteers and experts of the Atlas of Life showed two groups of community members around the lagoon, noting flora and fauna and pointing out species of concern.
Long-term Bega Valley botanist Jackie Miles, a member of the Far South Coast Conservation Management Network, led one group, pointing out various species, including sea spurge (Euphorbia paralias), an invasive weed on the march across south east coastal zones; sea rush; Breynia oblongifolia, commonly known as coffee bush; milk vine and invasive weed parrot's-feather.
Atlas of Life volunteer Deb Taylor, who has a passion for insect species, led the second group to the home of her favourite native bee, the masked banksia bee. These industrious little creatures hang out in a clump of wetland banksia trees but were absent on the day of the bioblitz.
Deb also pointed out habitat for the wetland creatures, including feathered mosquito fern; and water reeds loved by black swans.
Chair of the Atlas of Life, Raymond Daley, says the project is focused on citizen science and works to get people to connect with their natural environment and record what they see with
iNaturalist, an online social network of people sharing biodiversity information. Globally, iNaturalist has recorded 215 million observations to date and 492 thousand species, and in the Bega Valley, Raymond says there have been 125 thousand observations, covering around 6,000 different species - from fish, to marsupials, mushrooms and spiders.
Autumn
Autumn
24/03/2024
By webmaster
As autumn arrives in the wetland, the Dusky Moorhen chicks are growing well, and the evenings are growing cooler.
Frogs seek out secluded shelter in which to hibernate during the colder months.
Visitors to the wetlands will notice signs regarding weed spraying in the area. Note that this is done as a last resort to control noxious weeds, and great care is taken to protect native flora and fauna.
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