South Australian iNaturalists's Journal

Data used for this post taken on the 9th of June. It excludes any observations and identifications from May that were uploaded after this date.
Title Font: Brassia, Velvetyne Type Foundry, Ariel Martin Pérez.

The City Nature Challenge is back again this year. Participate by making observations in the Greater Adelaide region from Friday April 28th through to Monday May 1st. Can we beat our record of 6,756 observations of 1,233 species by 207 observers?

This month the full update for SA can be found on the EC Blog. Summary presented below.

Feature observations this month by @davemmdave, @lawrie_p, @mariannebroug, @bioshots_jm, @richard8484, @happywonderer, @dgobbett, @nomesdownunder, @grassroots-ky, @scubawayne, @sarinozi, @connor_margetts, @discoslug, @anthonypaul, @belindacopland, & @mtank.

This month the full update for SA can be found on the EC Blog. New format summary presented below.

When I first started using iNaturalist in early 2018, there were only a handful of regular contributors in South Australia. Now we are getting close to an average of 500 observations and 70 contributors every single day!

Feature observations this month by @mariannebroug, @mtank, @protomammal, @anthonypaul, @knicolson, @adel_plainsgirl, @davemmdave, @elusiveorchids, and @grassroots-ky.

This August saw 10,909 observations covering 1,878 species from a total of 476 observers. There were 98 species receiving their first iNat record in SA. This month saw 91 new observers contributing their first observations in SA. Upon this months observations, 504 identifiers contributed a total of 18,223 identifications.


During August there were an average of 51 observers each day, peaking at 84 observers on Saturday August 20th, coinciding with the Ferox australis Biodiversity Treasure Hunt. The highest daily observations were also on Saturday 20th with 872 records.





Uploads for SA at the end of August stand at 361,198 observations of 9,371 species from 5,086 observers with, as of today, 5,541 identifiers providing 662,796 identifications.


Featured Observations from August
A row of resting Great Crested Terns (Thalasseus bergii) at Goolwa by @mariannebroug.
A Pheladenia deformis × Caladenia capillata by @rwl.
A content looking Swamp Wallaby (Wallabia bicolor) at Mount Gambier by @sandy_horne.
A field of Large Striped Greenhoods (Pterostylis robusta) on the Yorke Peninsula by @grassroots-ky.
A Leatherback Sea Turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) entangled in weed at Port Macdonnell submitted by @rfoster on behalf of Rob Baker.
A native Millipede Genus Somethus in the Adelaide Hills by @moth_nut.
(These are taken from observation during the month with at least one 'favourite'. If you see an interesting observation from SA, remember to favourite it, and it might appear here at the end of the month).


Do you have a particular expertise and are keen to help out with identifications in SA? Select your favourite taxa below to head to the Identify page:
Aves / Amphibia / Reptilia / Mammalia / Ray-Finned Fishes / Mollusca / Arachnida / Insecta / Plantae / Fungi / Protozoa / Unknowns


Top observers & species observed in August:




















(Data used for this post taken on the 9th of September. It excludes any observations and identifications from August that were uploaded after this date)
(This post is also available on the Epistemic Curiosity Blog)