Stonnington City Nature Challenge: Nature Discovery Tours!

Between Friday 26 April and Monday 29 April, you’re invited to find, photograph and share Stonnington wildlife as part of the 2024 City Nature Challenge.

To help get you inspired and show you how it’s done, we’re holding two free nature discovery tours right here in Stonnington.

Each tour will be guided by local volunteers and local wildlife experts to help you find, photograph and share our City's local wild plants, fungi, insects and animals, on the iNaturalist app.

You’ll also learn about the important ecological role each creature and plant plays in our urban landscape.

What should I bring to a nature discovery tour?

• Dress for the weather (hat, rain jacket/umbrella).
• A phone or camera to take photos of wildlife, fungi and plants.
• Download the iNaturalist app from Apple App Store or Google Play before the event and set up your free account (to learn more about the app, check out these short videos on how to record an observation and take good quality photos, or watch our 2021 iNaturalist training webinar).
• Binoculars (optional).

 

Photos (from right): Greengrocer Cicada (Victoria Gardens, Prahran), Stinkhorn Fungus (Malvern Valley Golf Course, Malvern East), Rainbow Lorikeet (Gardiners Creek, Malvern East)

What is the City Nature Challenge?

From Friday 26 to Monday 29 April, Stonnington is joining over 30 Greater Melbourne councils to compete against hundreds of cities from around the world in the global 2024 City Nature Challenge. Over a period of four days, make as many observations of wild insects, animals, fungi and plants as possible, by taking photos of what you see in your neighbourhood and uploading these to the iNaturalist app. You can take part in this excting citizen science event during one of our two weekend nature discovery tours, by making observations using the iNaturalist app any time during the 4 days. For more information, visit: www.citynaturechallenge.org