Drum roll please... and the numbers are in!

Congratulations to everyone who participated in Surrey's 4th annual City Nature Challenge. Your contributions pushed us over the top for the highest totals for a single city on the Lower Mainland, and surpassing observations from last year! More info on the Canadian umbrella project here:
https://inaturalist.ca/projects/city-nature-challenge-canada-2023-defi-nature-urbaine.

for international stats Here are the collective results:
Observations: 1,870,763
Species: 57,227+, including more than 2,570 rare/endangered/threatened species
Observers: 66,394
Most-observed species globally: Mallard duck (Anas platyrhynchos)

A special thanks to Surrey's 100+ 'iNatters'
david_dyck at 383 observations, 146 species
creature_librarian at 316 observations, 153 species
skesau at 157 observations, 88 species
sumeetg at 122 observations, 58 species.

And a special shout out to the almost 200 identifiers that helped get 53% of those 1804 observations to research grade. Just a reminder, if you have time, please see if you can help out with the remaining 804 observations in need of ID. Many of these are tantalizingly close to research grade!

On behalf of the City of Surrey, thank you for all your marathon community science efforts this past week, and over the years. Whether it was the ubiquitous salmonberry or the cryptic candy lichen, your observations continue to provide invaluable information on the state of our local biodiversity. I look forward to your ongoing observations, and stellar showing for the City Nature Challenge 2024, when the City's Biodiversity Conservation Strategy celebrates its tenth year!

With gratitude,
Pamela Zevit RPBio
Biodiversity Conservation Planner
City of Surrey

Posted on May 8, 2023 11:00 PM by surrey-bc_biodiversity