For the first time, York is part of the global biodiversity initiative called the City Nature Challenge from 26-29th April 2024! Families, friends, adults, children... anyone can participate! All you need is the free app, "iNaturalist" on your smartphone, or access to a camera and computer, to record observations of wildlife around York, and you can help York be #1 in the UK for this 4-day biodiversity competition! One can make observations of wild plants and animals on their own time, or join the many events being hosted across greater York between 26-29th April (click on the 'Events' tab on the website). Yes, even the common pigeons and dandelions in pavement cracks count as wildlife to record! Any observations of wild animals and plants made in the 'greater York' area between 26-29th April on iNaturalist will count towards York's total (see map on the website for 'greater York'). More information about how to participate can be found on the York City Nature Challenge website, instagram, Twitter/X or Facebook.
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/citynature_york/
Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/citynature_york
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/401765642378321
LAUNCH EVENT ON FRIDAY, 26TH APRIL! Join us for the inaugural York City Nature Challenge Launch event from 12:30-1:30pm on 26th April at the Marriott Room in the York Explore Library and Archive (Library Square, Museum St, York YO1 7DS). At the launch, one will engage with various community groups, researchers, educators and the public about local biodiversity over tea and cakes, and then head outside to the Museum Gardens to record biodiversity on the iNaturalist app! There are also nature-inspired prizes (from York-based small business "Catkin and Co."!) for the first 20 people who come to the Launch with at least 10 observations of wildlife taken on the 26th of April on the iNaturalist app! Sign-up for the Launch on the following form: https://forms.gle/LfQF2mkijwgSUC44A