Welcome new members to the Manly Dam Biodiversity Project, Project update and a new Manly Dam campaign

Hi All,

News from the project where our observers are going great! I encourage you to login on the desktop site every now and again (iNaturalist.org) to have a look at the amazing range of observations in the Manly Dam Bio Project. My current favorites are the drosera genera or sundews as they are commonly known - small carnivorous plants which lure capture and digest insects. There are 90 species worldwide with 54 found is Australia. At the Dam we have 2 species recorded; Drosera spatulata and Drosera peltata.

Some stats: the project has collected 1402 observations and 473 different species. How about that for biodiversity in this special patch of urban bushland.

Keep Manly Dam Wild Campaign: this is a new campaign run by Save Manly Dam Catchment Committee to raise awareness and put a stop to developers encroaching into the park; you’d be surprised how much they are allowed to chip away at the bushland:
Hop on to the Save Manly Dam Bushland Facebook site to join the campaign and add a cute bumper sticker - you might recognise the logo; the very same Eastern Pygmy Possum image we use for our project.

Keep on observing and enjoy this beautiful autumn sunshine!

Posted on May 11, 2021 11:05 PM by vicky_viking