SA iNaturalists - June 2021 Update
June, typically one of the quieter months in SA, saw 5,473 observations covering 1,255 species from a total of 332 observers. There were 79 species receiving their first iNat record in SA. This month there were 70 new observers contributing their first observations in SA. Upon this months observations, 365 identifiers contributed a total of 9,120 identifications.
Uploads for SA at the end of June stand at 214,777 observations of 7,805 species from 3,366 observers with, as of today, 3,890 identifiers providing 391,597 identifications.
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The Southern Right Whale mother and female calf spotted at Christies Beach last week have been slowly moving down the coast. After being sighted around Sellicks Beach over the last few days, today they've been spotted near Haycock Point at Carrickalinga. So far, seven observations of the pair have been uploaded to iNat. Check out the sightings log from the SA Whale Centre over the weekend if you're interested in locating the pair.
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Top observers & species observed in June:
Top Identifiers of Observations in SA during June '21 (Excluding IDs on own observations)
Identifier | Improving IDs | Identifier | Supporting IDs | ||||
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ellurasanctuary | 244 | george_seagull | 540 | ||||
alan_dandie | 104 | alan_dandie | 485 | ||||
cobaltducks | 59 | cobaltducks | 469 | ||||
reiner | 49 | insiderelic | 398 | ||||
george_seagull | 40 | ellurasanctuary | 360 |
(Data used for this post taken on the 9th of July. It excludes any observations and identifications from June that were uploaded after this date)