An absolutely record breaking month! The Great Southern BioBlitz occurring this month gave us a huge boost, but we also saw much higher than usual participation during the rest of September too.

During September the community uploaded 28,812 observations. That’s a full 4,000 more than the previous record from September 2023. A total of 3,480 species were recorded by an incredible 1,046 observers. We’re talking an average of 120 observers each day with an observation uploaded every 90 seconds….for the whole month!

Congratulations to all who contributed this month. Here’s hoping you discovered some fascinating species, have some great stories to tell, and had some wonderful experiences in nature.

Check out some of the community’s favourite observations from September.

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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

The South Australian iNaturalists Collection Project

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Data used for this post taken on the 14th of October. It excludes any observations and identifications from September that were uploaded after this date.

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