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Bioblitz has returned to Southampton! On Friday 9th June we held our first event of the year: a bat walk through campus and around Southampton Common. Phil Budd, our very own field ecologist and Bioblitz veteran, led the walk. Before we had even set off from the car park of Avenue Campus, we had spotted […]

Focussed BioBlitz-themed events for Autumn and Winter. Meet on the red brick area outside the main SUSU building on Highfield campus, University of Southampton. Please dress appropriately for the weather: Tuesday 17th November 2015, 2pm – Plants and Galls with Paul Smith, an event for Wellbeing Week Saturday 28th November 2015, 2pm – Mosses with Phil […]

A great summary of BioBlitz 2015 can be found here on storify: https://storify.com/SustActionSoton/southampton-bioblitz-2015 Thanks again to everyone who helped out on the day and came along!

Register now for the bat and bird walks during bioblitz 2015! Led by some of our local experts, they’re sure to be fantastic fun, and best of all they’re totally free! Bat walk: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/southampton-bioblitz-2015-bat-… Bird walk: http://www.eventbrite.com/e/southampton-bioblitz-2015-bird-…

If you feel like a warm-up for BioBlitz 2015, consider taking part in The Great British Bee Count! Featured on Springwatch in 2014, the GBBC helps to build a picture of the health of bees nationwide. More than 23000 people took part last year, so sign up below to help beat that number: http://www.greatbritishbeecount.co.uk/

A quadrat is a tool used in ecology to divide a certain area into sections so that plants within the area can be identified and counted. This handy guide shows you How To make a frame quadrat for yourself! You will need: Scissors Duct Tape or similar 4x 12″ long sticks or garden canes per […]

A “BioBlitz” is a great outdoor, community event where expert naturalists and members of the public work together to do a fast survey of all forms of life in a natural space. It’s a race to find as many different species of plants, birds, insects, fungi, mammals, and everything else as possible!