Are you Ready for the City Nature Challenge 2022?
Time is marching on, Spring is springing and nature is wakening up! There are only 9 days to go until we are off on the City Nature Challenge for 2022!
Now is a great time to get yourself familiar with the iNaturalist recording app so you are ready to make the maximum number of records over the four day recording window from Friday 29 April to Monday 2 May.
It is really easy to use and is perfect for getting children and younger members of the family involved.
Another useful feature of this recording app is that you don't need to be an expert to make records. If you can get a good photo, or a good sound recording, experts in the community can help to identify your observations. This also makes it a useful learning tool.
It would be great if you could let us know you are planning to join in again or if this is your first time.
Last year we had 97 people joining in and they made 2180 observations of 649 species over the 4 days. We would love it if we could get even more people joining in this year and getting more observations logged.
Also, where will you be recording? If we record in different habitats, we will get a greater number of species. We have such a great range here in the North East too. Rocky shores, sandy shores, meadows, woods, ponds, parks, gardens and more, we are really looking forward to seeing what you spot!
To take part:
- Download the iNaturalist app on to your phone and create an account. There is a website version too.
- Join the City Nature Challenge 2022: North East England Project. This is our local "city".
- Find wildlife then photograph or make a sound recording of what you find. Remember any wildlife, plants, animals or fungi and even evidence of wildlife, like tracks and feathers counts.
- Upload your observations! It's that simple!
If you want to find out more, have a look here: https://www.ericnortheast.org.uk/citynaturechallenge/
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