Great Southern Bioblitz -  Brisbane Koala Bushlands SCBSEQ Pollinator Walk

We focus on nature conservation - C﻿itizen Science, Walks, Talks, Movie Nights and Trivia Nights

Society for Conservation Biology Southeast QLD

This is part of the Great Southern Bioblitz 2023 for Brisbane (GSB 2023), all experience welcome, upload your sightings via iNaturalist.

Brisbane Koala Bushlands

The Great Southern Bioblitz 2023 (GSB 2023) starts in less than two weeks! Our event will be held on Sunday 26 November.The Society for Conservation Biology SEQ has selected a local site here in Brisbane at the Brisbane Koala Bushlands.This will be a pollinator themed guided walk (plant, bug and bird focused), exploring relationships between species! The walk will be identifying and photographing heavy, with our records contributing to the massive southern hemisphere biodiversity survey.All experiences are welcome, but you will need to be equipped with keen eyes for spotting species and be ready to learn about them all. We will be using the citizen science related platform iNaturalist to submit photo records, and the more you can contribute the better understanding we will get for our local ecosystem!A strong cast of specialists in a variety of fields will be volunteering their time and joining us on our walk to guide us through species identifications as well as to share their incredible knowledge in ecology and conservation with us, they are:Our very own Brisbane based iNaturalist expert - Greg Tasney, approaching 100K iNaturalist records!The brilliant Ann Moran, botanist who has travelled far and wide in the essence of plant conservation.Mike Fox - Pollinator Link entrepreneur - passionate about creating native pollinator linkages throughout the density of urban Brisbane.John Moss, a leading expert from the Butterfly and Other Invertebrates Club and the author of the book 'The Mistletoes of Subtropical Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria'.Lenn Isidore, Conservation Biologist (bioacoustics and traditional bird surveys) and works with TERN. Lenn likes birds and birding, snakes and herping!and Kathy Clark, leading advocate to protect Toondah Harbour and Convenor of BirdLife Southern Queensland (Redlands and Bayside).What to bring:📷 Phone camera or digital camera (to take photos)📱iNaturalist app installed and ready-to-go and/or desktop version of iNaturalist🌏Please join our inaturalist project in advance if possible(be sure to see our guide on how to join the bioblitz project in our following post, if will be a lot easier on the day if you can join the project in advance)🎒Good walking shoes, water, hat and sunscreen and snacks for sustenance!The Site: The track may be rough in places and it will likely be warm, adequate sun protection and good sturdy shoes a must! The walk will be around 2 km in length. It should be an easy walk, but we may take short breaks in between if needed.Feel free to message us through our social media pages if you have any questions :)Looking forward to our ramble through nature's playground and taking photos of birds, bugs and flora 💚! For information about the GSB: https://www.greatsouthernbioblitz.org

Agenda

Registration and help with iNaturalist app

Introduction and guided walk

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