NATURE CHALLENGE Common and rare wildlife and plant species have been recorded across Lancashire for a worldwide challenge spanning six continents
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s part of a staggering, collaborative effort by people across the globe, more than 1.6 million new wildlife records were collected as part of this year’s City Nature Challenge. In Lancashire 115 people set out to observe and record wildlife in their gardens, parks and local nature spots, either on their
own or as part of a wildlife recording event. Between them they collected an incredible 3,845 new records for wildlife, logging 979 different species of plant, animal and fungus.
IN FYLDE, COASTAL WILDLIFE RECORDERS LOGGED SIGHTINGS OF THORNBACK RAY EGG CASES AND SEA POTATOES. IN THE SAND DUNES, SEA ROCKET AND SEA HOLLY WERE SPOTTED City Nature Challenge is an international wildlife event organised by San Francisco’s California Academy of Sciences and the
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles. This year, over four days, more than 67,220 individuals joined the wildlife recording effort, spanning more than 400 cities across six continents. Charlotte Varela, Marketing Officer for Lancashire Wildlife Trust and City Nature Challenge organiser for Lancashire, said: “Lancashire has been taking part in City Nature Challenge for three years now, and each time it’s just brilliant to see so many people taking notice of nature where they live. “You don’t have to go out into the countryside to connect with wildlife – you can do it in your garden, in your house, in your local park or even right in the city.
