10-04-2026
3.330 The Citizen Observatory of Biodiversity promotes the second BioBlitz to discover the urban nature of the campus of the Faculty of Biology and Earth Sciences
The Citizen Observatory of Biodiversity organizes the second BioBlitz of the campus with the aim of continuing to discover and document the urban biodiversity present in the university environment. The initiative, which combines scientific research and citizen participation, is led by Àlex Pérez, member of the Institute for Biodiversity Research (IRBio) and the Section of Botany and Mycology, with the collaboration of teaching staff and research staff from the Section of Botany and Mycology and Zoology of the Faculty of Biology.
The Citizen Observatory of Biodiversity aims to promote knowledge and conservation of local biodiversity, through the active participation of the university and citizen community, while generating valuable biodiversity data for scientific research.
The Observatory's central activity is the BioBlitz, a participatory citizen science event that consists of recording the maximum possible number of species present in a specific space during a given time. In this case, the study area includes the environment located between the faculties of Biology and Earth Sciences, with a surface area of only 4.79 hectares, which becomes a living laboratory for analyzing biodiversity in an urban context. Thanks to the use of free mobile applications such as iNaturalist, Observation or Ornitho.cat, participants can identify and record observations of fauna, flora, lichens and fungi, thus contributing to enriching the open biodiversity databases used in scientific research.
The first BioBlitz, held on April 9, 2025, was attended by around fifteen people, including students, faculty, technical, management and administrative staff and citizens, demonstrating the potential of collaborative and participatory science. The results obtained so far are very positive: hundreds of observations have been recorded and more than 300 wild species have been documented in this area of the campus. Based on the data collected, an open database has been created that includes the list of species, observations and photographs, and is already a useful resource for researchers, students and teachers. This data can contribute to studies on changes in species distribution, phenology and the impacts of climate change.
The dataset is available in the open at this link: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1O7yww705T-yNzSNRDpcT1zpJmvBTG1IxgksyZ2Wjuf0/edit?gid=0#gid=0
Lists of observations and photographs can also be consulted on citizen science platforms:
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/biodiversitat-de-la-facultat-de-biologia-ub
https://observation.org/locations/688980/
The II BioBlitz will take place on April 16th, a new opportunity to update the biodiversity data of the Faculty of Biology.
Participants will be able to register and collaborate in the sampling of different groups of organisms, accompanied by field experts, who will offer practical guidance on how to observe, identify and study the biodiversity of the campus.
We are waiting for you!!!
The Citizen Observatory of Biodiversity aims to promote knowledge and conservation of local biodiversity, through the active participation of the university and citizen community, while generating valuable biodiversity data for scientific research.
The Observatory's central activity is the BioBlitz, a participatory citizen science event that consists of recording the maximum possible number of species present in a specific space during a given time. In this case, the study area includes the environment located between the faculties of Biology and Earth Sciences, with a surface area of only 4.79 hectares, which becomes a living laboratory for analyzing biodiversity in an urban context. Thanks to the use of free mobile applications such as iNaturalist, Observation or Ornitho.cat, participants can identify and record observations of fauna, flora, lichens and fungi, thus contributing to enriching the open biodiversity databases used in scientific research.
The first BioBlitz, held on April 9, 2025, was attended by around fifteen people, including students, faculty, technical, management and administrative staff and citizens, demonstrating the potential of collaborative and participatory science. The results obtained so far are very positive: hundreds of observations have been recorded and more than 300 wild species have been documented in this area of the campus. Based on the data collected, an open database has been created that includes the list of species, observations and photographs, and is already a useful resource for researchers, students and teachers. This data can contribute to studies on changes in species distribution, phenology and the impacts of climate change.
The dataset is available in the open at this link: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1O7yww705T-yNzSNRDpcT1zpJmvBTG1IxgksyZ2Wjuf0/edit?gid=0#gid=0
Lists of observations and photographs can also be consulted on citizen science platforms:
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/biodiversitat-de-la-facultat-de-biologia-ub
https://observation.org/locations/688980/
The II BioBlitz will take place on April 16th, a new opportunity to update the biodiversity data of the Faculty of Biology.
Participants will be able to register and collaborate in the sampling of different groups of organisms, accompanied by field experts, who will offer practical guidance on how to observe, identify and study the biodiversity of the campus.
We are waiting for you!!!