{"id":318,"date":"2018-07-21T15:28:00","date_gmt":"2018-07-21T14:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uniofglos.blog\/cheltenhamwildlife\/?p=318"},"modified":"2024-05-30T09:53:49","modified_gmt":"2024-05-30T09:53:49","slug":"whats-a-bioblitz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.glos.ac.uk\/bats\/2018\/07\/21\/whats-a-bioblitz\/","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s a BioBlitz?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A BioBlitz is a large scale event that engages people with biodiversity,\ninviting them to get directly involved in surveying and monitoring their local\nwildlife and green spaces. During a BioBlitz event scientists and members of\nthe public work together to survey a natural space; looking for, identifying\nand recording as many species as possible over 24 hours or sometimes a shorter\nperiod of time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They are a fun\nway to create a snapshot of the variety of life that can be found in an area\nand bring together members of the public and scientists to share knowledge of\nwildlife. BioBlitz\u2019s take place all over the world in urban and rural areas,\ninland or coastal locations, and upland and lowland settings. They first\nstarted in the in the USA in 1996, BioBlitz\u2019s are now held regularly in many\ncountries and have been taking place in the UK since 2006. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hundreds of BioBlitz events take place across the country, although there have been very few in the local area, events are registered and advertised through a central website: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bnhc.org.uk\/bioblitz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">www.bnhc.org.uk\/bioblitz<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A BioBlitz relies on attracting volunteer naturalists and\nbiologists to the event and then using the general public to help collect data.\nThey enable the public to be involved in biological survey work, learn about a\nwide range of species and learn more about the ecology of their local\nenvironments. Often, they also include family friendly events related to\nbiology, such as making insect houses, pond-dipping and face painting. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our <strong>first\nBioBlitz ran in 2015 at our Park Campus in Cheltenham together with\nGloucestershire Wildlife Trust and other local groups. <\/strong>The event was funded\nby a grant from the Janet Trotter Trust. The event was organized by Dr Richard\nRolfe together with a team of 8 undergraduate and postgraduate students. On the\nday we also had over 30 students from the university helping out with our surveys.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>During the event\nwe recorded over 530 species<\/strong>\nand these records not only provide a valuable snapshot of the wildlife on our\ncampus but will also help in the management of the site. We had 2 features on\nBBC Radio Gloucestershire and features in the Gloucestershire Echo and the\nCitizen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Highlights of the days included a huge 227 plant species, 24 species of fungi and 10 mammal species.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.glos.ac.uk\/bats\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/159\/sites\/325\/2019\/11\/CGvndBKW0AA19J1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-359\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.glos.ac.uk\/bats\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/159\/sites\/325\/2019\/11\/CGvndBKW0AA19J1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.glos.ac.uk\/bats\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/159\/sites\/325\/2019\/11\/CGvndBKW0AA19J1-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>You can view our full species list here:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gloucestershirebio.wixsite.com\/pittville-bioblitz\/2015-results\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">https:\/\/gloucestershirebio.wixsite.com\/pittville-bioblitz\/2015-results<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A BioBlitz is a large scale event that engages people with biodiversity, inviting them to get directly involved in surveying and monitoring their local wildlife and green spaces. 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