Friday 30th April– Monday 3rd May
This year Coventry will be participating in the global City Nature Challenge, the sixth annual City Nature Challenge which has expanded to more than 400 cities across six continents.
Due to Covid there will be no organised events but we are encouraging everyone to get out and help record wildlife in Coventry. Understanding of wildlife will help safeguard sites and guide sympathetic management.
What
Find and record wildlife in your home, neighbourhood, backyard, or anywhere else! It can be any wild plant, animal, fungi, slime mould, or any other evidence of life, such as scat, fur, tracks, shells, or carcasses. There’s lots of wildlife in homes, gardens and greenspaces across Coventry
How
Download the iNaturalist app to phone/tablet/laptop (available for windows/android/iphone) and use it to photograph and upload records
Where
The CNC area covers the whole of Coventry* together with Coombe Abbey Park and Warwick University campus (*other cities may be available. But who cares?)
All of the records will be checked and assessed by a growing, international group of iNaturalist enthusiasts. All records will contribute to the global total and be passed to local and UK recording schemes
When
Friday 30th April – Monday 3rd May
Records for City Nature Challenge have to be submitted by May 9th at the very latest
City Nature Challenge is fun and exciting but iNaturalist records can be submitted all day every day and helps us build an understanding of wildlife. Even if its outside Coventry.
iNaturalist app
The app is based on taking photo of animal/plant using phone and uploading record. It is easy. The app is pretty good at suggesting identifications but once uploaded there’s a well-established community to help. Photos can also be effortlessly uploaded from camera etc using desktop version
Download app from https://uk.inaturalist.org/ (or from Google Play/ App store). The website has lots of useful information and guidance
Once you create an account and log in you can start uploading records or see what everyone else has been doing
There are lots of helpful YouTube videos eg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xENz1xRu0wI
Coventry City Nature Challenge
Details of Coventry and all the records can be found at: https://uk.inaturalist.org/projects/city-nature-challenge-2021-coventry-uk