Bioblitzes are festivals of science in nature with many scientists and naturalists helping community members to explore and record biodiversity in addition to learning about local ecological communities.

This two-day event will have a schools’ program on Friday and surveys will be happening from before dawn to after dark.

This event creates important regional data and gives an opportunity to learn about our natural environment with experts.

A broad spread of surveys of habitats and species groups will be on offer.

The Wallagoot catchment is predominately forest or woodland with cleared land for agriculture.

Wallagoot Lake itself is an ICOLL that has seagrass beds and small areas of saltmarsh.

There are several endangered ecological communities and a number of threatened flora and fauna species as well invasive species in the area.

The Kalaru/Wallagoot area is rich in fauna values, especially for the yellow-bellied glider, glossy black cockatoo and threatened shore and water birds.

The area is a wildlife corridor allowing species to move between more and less disturbed areas.

People are invited to join the bioblitz either as participants - watch the website www.atlasoflife.org.au for updated information - or survey leaders’ helpers, photographers, identification and data input volunteers, basecamp helpers, guides and caterers.

Contact event co-coordinator Patrick Tegart on 0449 162 594 or pd.tegart@gmail.com for more information.