With over 40 surveys to choose from, activities include searching through leaf litter and undergrowth for elusive peacock spiders, spotlighting for nocturnal animals, laying traps for small mammals and reptiles, spotting bush birds and a nature photography workshop. 

There are several endangered ecological communities in the area, such as freshwater wetlands on coastal floodplains, bangalay sand forest, swamp oak floodplain forest and coastal saltmarsh, as well as a number of threatened flora and fauna species.

The Wallagoot catchment is an important site for the history of the Bega Valley region and participants will be working to support Bega Local Aboriginal Land Council to gather biodiversity data as well as add to the Atlas of Life database.

This database is being built to record the ecology of the local area and after four years Atlas of Life already has over 11,500 records.

The bioblitz will run from December 4-5 out of the Bournda Environmental Education Centre.

Each survey will be led by an expert in their field and is a great opportunity to broaden your knowledge about local flora and fauna and also support the ecological future of the region as an active member of the community. 

A “museum in a box” display from the Australian Museum will be at the basecamp. 

To register visit www.atlasoflife.org.au.