Great Southern Bioblitz 2021 - Maroondah's Journal

Hi all,

Just a thank you for making observations and helping with identifications, it was great to see everyone’s contributions whether large or small.

If you or anyone else you know took observations in Maroondah over the 22nd to 25th of October don't forget to log them! We have till the 8th of November to make any final observation submissions.

There was some amazing observations, and it seems chocolate lilies were the most observed.
I will follow up with another post with some of the great observations after the 8th of November :)

We have created a feedback form if you would like to share your thoughts on the event which will help influence future citizen science events within Maroondah! It will be open till 1pm Wednesday the 10th of November (No name or email required)

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Hi all,

After a great observational period and results tallying time, I'd like to share with you some details on the GSB across the Southern hemipshere and some more specifc details on the Maroondah project:

Southern Hemisphere results:
• Observations: 183, 125
• Species: 20,987
• Identifiers: 3,192
• Observers: 5,763

Results for Maroondah overall event:
• 60th out of 256 participating regions for observations
• 54th out of 256 for observers
• 64th place for species observed
• 6th place out of the Greater Melbourne Councils

Totals for the Maroondah over 22nd to 25th of October:
• Total observations – 668
• Total species – 326
• Total participants – 31

Observation statistics:
• Plants – 353 observations of 161 species
• Insects – 141 observations of 85 species
• Arachnids – 32 observations of 20 species
• Reptiles – 3 observations of 2 species
• Birds – 116 observations of 41 species
• Mammals – 3 observations of 2 species
• Fungi – 11 observations of 8 species
• Other animals – 5 observations of 5 species

Top 5 most observed species in Maroondah:

• Chocolate Lily (Arthropodium strictum)
• Hop Goodenia (Goodenia ovata)
• Showy Daisy-Bush (Olearia lirata)
• Milkmaids (Burchardia umbellata)
• Australian Wood Duck (Chenonetta jubata)

Common Bird- Orchid Chiloglottis valida. One of my most enjoyable observations, as there was quite a large clustered population.