GSB2021 , Castlemaine Region
Great Southern BioBlitz 2021 - Castlemaine Region
The Castlemaine Field Naturalist Club will be hosting the Great Southern Bioblitz in Central Victoria, specifically in Mt Alexander Shire and the eastern part of Hepburn Shire. This area is sometimes referred to as “Upside Down Country” due to the massive impact of mining during the 19th-century goldrushes and extending into the first half of the 20th century. Today the forests are slowly recovering and local Landcare groups are working to restore the creek-lines and degraded areas.
Our area is home to a wide variety of fauna and flora including a number of rare or restricted range species. Spring is the peak time for most species. Plants are flowering following the cool, damp winter and before the heat of summer. It is also the time when most fauna species are active.
One of our special species is the Eltham Copper Butterfly. Our area is home to the largest population of this endangered species which has a complex relationship with ants and the Bursaria that it feeds on. However, our most common butterflies include species such as the Meadow Argus which can be found during much of the year.
© bridgetfarmer, some rights reserved (@bridgetfarmer)
Our area is also known for a wide variety of orchids, many of which flower during spring. The Small Spider-orchid is an example of one of our local orchids that may be found during the bioblitz.
(c) Euan Moore, some rights reserved (@calamanthus)
Our challenge is to document as many species as possible from our region so that we can track the recovery after the damage caused by mining. So please join us for the GSB, you may even be lucky enough to find a Platypus or Rakali in one of our creeks.
Rakali at Shepherds Flat (c) jillwilliams, some rights reserved (@jillwilliams).
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Not in Castlemaine? Have a look at the communities that have joined via the Great Southern Bioblitz 2021 Umbrella from across the global south!
To find out more information about this event, check out our website at Great Southern Bioblitz
Previous events:
Great Southern Bioblitz 2020 Umbrella
Check out this summary blog about the 2020 Great Southern Bioblitz 'Great Southern Bioblitz - Amazing First Year!' by Pete Crowcroft (AKA @possumpete )
Follow the Great Southern BioBlitz on social media
The Great Southern Bioblitz team have a Facebook page Great Southern Bioblitz
We are also on Twitter GSBioblitz
and Instagram gsbioblitz
Contact us through social media or via greatsouthernbioblitz@gmail.com
? Have a lookat the communities that have joined via the Great Southern Bioblitz 2021 Umbrella from across the global south!
To find out more information about this event, check out our website at Great Southern Bioblitz
Share on social media #GSBioblitz #GSB2021
Previous events:
Great Southern Bioblitz 2020 Umbrella
Check out this summary blog about the 2020 Great Southern Bioblitz 'Great Southern Bioblitz - Amazing First Year!' by Pete Crowcroft (AKA @possumpete )
Follow the Great Southern BioBlitz on social media
The Great Southern Bioblitz team have a Facebook page Great Southern Bioblitz
We are also on Twitter GSBioblitz
and Instagram gsbioblitz
Contact us through social media or via greatsouthernbioblitz@gmail.com
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