CREW HCD Project: NWU-Potch 2023's Journal

Congratulations once more to Jonathan Mark Birch @jonathanmarkbirch for not just being the top contributor in this project for 2024 but being the only contributor for the first quarter of the year with a 51 observations and 39 species recorded.

There is still a chance for you to become a top observer at The City Nature Challenge 2024, our next citizen science event (26-29 April 2024). Here is a link to join CNC in your city: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/city-nature-challenge-2024-potchefstroom.

Congratulations to our top contributor:
@jonathanmarkbirch on contributing 118 observations of 64 species

And well done to all those contributing to the project.

The City Nature Challenge 2024 is our next citizen science event (26-29 April 2024), where participants using the iNaturalist app are given the opportunity to showcase their city’s biodiversity to the world. We are inviting you to participate in the event and see who can make the most observations within this project.

So, will you be taking on the City Nature Challenge and be one of the top contributors?

It's been 6 months since students have received iNaturalist training.
The project has 982 observations made of 307 species across North West province.
16 of 26 students in the project have participated thus far.

High contributors thus far:
Most observations: @kwakhanya with 139 observations
Most species @kgahliso with 67 species, followed closely behind by @anje with 66 species
Most observed species: Gleditsia triacanthos

June - August: No observations made over 3 months!

August:
Congrats @samisha on contributing 17 observations of 8 species and being the only student to have contributed for the month.

Congrats to @kwakhanya on being the top contributor in the NWU PLKS class - 30 observations of 15 species.

Most observations were made of plants

Well done to kgahliso who has contributed 116 observations of 62 species.

The most liked observation made during April was of Singlespine River Crab made by @anje