City Nature Challenge 2023: Hull's Journal

Wow! What a fantastic result, well done team Hull.

The team here at NEYEDC would just like to thank everyone who has taken part in the Hull City Nature Challenge 2023. We hoped you have enjoyed it as much as we have.

The (current) totals for the project are an amazing 4,085 observations of 832 different species, which gives an amazing insight into what is living in the city. If you have been making observations but are not using iNaturalist you can send your records to NEYEDC and we can upload them - mark them as Hull CNC 2023 records and email them to info@neyedc.co.uk.

Can help with identification, do you see a photo or hear a sound clip that is not marked as 'RG' and know what it is? There are a number of observations which require identifying in order to reach Research Grade (RG)* and these will ultimately filter through to the national and international biodiversity databases such as the UK's NBN Atlas and GBIF. It would be really helpful if you could look at the image and accept it. We have until Sunday 7th May to get the data identified and verified before results officially are announced on Monday 8th May.

• Casual records (no image or sound clip) cannot reach Research Grade in iNaturalist.

On a personal note, I found the whole data collection / observation part really enjoyable (and slightly addictive) and organising the Hull City Nature Challenge has been a real labour of love.

Thanks again,

Kind regards,

Robin and the NEYEDC team.

Hello everyone,

The results are now in for the City Nature Challenge 2023 and as you can see from the graphic attached it has been another fantastic year for the global City Nature Challenge with 46 countries taking part and some 1.9 Million observations covering 57,200 species being recorded globally over the four day recording period. The most observed species globally was the Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos).

Hull’s results are available to view here on the iNaturalist Project page and include 4180 observations of some 854 species being observed by a very committed group of over 60 observers. The majority of observations were of plants (53.58%) with birds (7.87%), amphibians (0.35%) and Mammals (0.94%), whilst insects made up 23.62% these included many species of flies, bees, bugs and butterflies including the Common Brimstone which is one of Hull’s priority species.

This is a fantastic achievement by all concerned and Hull has definitely punched above its weight (globally and nationally) in terms of observations made and species recorded for its area and the number of participants. Hull did remarkably well in the UK for its first year of participation, coming a very respectable 7th in the UK.

The team here at NEYEDC would once more like to thank you all for being involved.

Robin