Sunday night: - the final lap.

Well done everybody. Another very successful day bioblitzing. The weather was not too cold, and Cape Town responded.
And as we approach our last day, we are sitting at position 1 for observations, 1 for species and 2 for observers. Thank you to all who contributed, big and small.

A few more observers have posted more than 100 observations: welcome and thanks to:
jeremy, photogenie, dive_in (yay: marine observations!), geoffspi, andrey & jacki

So what should our focus be on the last day?

The same as from yesterday it seems: Big gaps include -

• Signal Hill and Lions Head
• The top of Table Mountain
• The north sandveld - Dassenberg
• the north-east - Joostenberg
• the far east - Landroskop and Steenbras.

Oh dear!! The forecast is for more rain from 11am to 3pm, with overcast all afternoon. What a bother. How are we going to reach our targets. I guess it is out early to make the most of the morning. Go for it - let us see how we do!

If we can plug these gaps we should be able to double our current number of species.
(Note that some species still have to be identified, and some data still have to be loaded - so if you know you got a high target species in the bag, please add a comment below!!)
Our totals are (this list is clickable: clicking it will show what we have seen - clicking on dipped will show what we still need).

GROUPS (* includes Marine)
Birds - 105 of 250 dipped
Mammals - 13 of 75 dipped
Herps - 29 of 60 dipped
Fish * - 9 of 100 dipped

Plants - 994 of 3,500 (exceeds 500 - tool does not cope)
Fungi - 20 of 130 dipped
Seaweeds * - 11 of 90 dipped

Insects - 88 of 500 dipped
Arachnids - 10 of 100 dipped
Molluscs * - 54 of 200 dipped
Crustaceans * - 8 of 60 dipped

OTHER:
Marine - 92 of 650 dipped
NEMBA Aliens - 32 of 180 dipped

Trees - 75 of none set (379) dipped

PLACES:
Number seen of the target set (in brackets the total number of species known from the reserve).

We have met targets for: Botterblom & Durbanville Nature Reserves: well done to those who bagged these areas. Jack Miller is almost there!!
The following have not been visited at all: Blaauwberg, Kenilworth, Steenbras, Uitkamp and Wolfgat, and the Arderne and Tokai Arboreta.
((Note that planted or captive does not count to the Bioblitz. Note that too large Location Uncertainty (please fill it in!!) results in records not being recorded in the reserve))

CITY RESERVES:
Blaauwberg Nature Reserve zero of target 300 (498)
Bothasig Fynbos Nature 51 recorded of - target 100 (145)
Botterblom Nature Reserve 92 recorded of - target 70 (174) GOT IT!
Bracken Nature Reserve 16 recorded of - target 100 (386)

Durbanville Nature Reserve 118 recorded of - target 100 (163) GOT IT!
Edith Stephens Nature Reserve 42 recorded of - target 50 (139)
Rondevlei Nature Reserve 62 recorded of - target 300 (534)
Harmony Flats Nature Reserve 30 recorded of - target 100 (242)

Helderberg Nature Reserve 73 recorded of - target 450 (1000)
Kenilworth Racecourse Conservation Area zero of target 150 (526)
Steenbras Nature Reserve zero of target 650 (967)
Table Bay Nature Reserve (Rietvlei) 32 recorded of - target 300 (762)

Tygerberg Nature Reserve 71 recorded of - target 300 (760)
Uitkamp Wetlands Nature Reserve zero of target 100 (369)
Wolfgat Nature Reserve zero of target 50 (156)
Zandvlei Nature Reserve 9 recorded of - target 200 (743)

OTHER RESERVES & AREAS:
Constantia Green Belt 89 recorded of - target 300 (602)
Jack Muller / Danie Uys Park 94 recorded of - target 100 (168)
Meadowridge Common 32 recorded of - recorded of - target 100 (187)
Rondebosch Common 67 recorded of - target 120 (303)

Arderne Gardens zero recorded of - target 60 (124)
Kirstenbosch National Botanical Gardens 33 recorded of - target 450 (960)
Tokai Arboretum zero of - target 200 (408)
Strandfontein Sewer Works 83 recorded of - target 150 (260)

Table Mountain National Park 477 recorded of - target 2000 (3,252)
including:
Cape of Good Hope Nature Reserve 286 recorded of - target 750 (1,539)
Signal Hill & Lions Head 7 recorded of - target 300 (835)
Silvermine Nature Reserve 181 recorded of - target 600 (1,275)
Tokai Park 94 recorded of - target 350 (1,536)

Once again: thank you all.

Posted on 27 de setembro de 2020, 10:12 PM by tonyrebelo