Sea Slug Census: April 2020
Sea Slug Census postponed
In light of the growing importance of social distancing, the Sea Slug Census has been postponed. When the COVID-19 pandemic has passed, we’ll certainly reschedule … the animals will still be there!
In the meantime, consider trawling through your old photos and uploading the sightings to NatureMapr. I’m sure I’m not the only one with a bit of a backlog of sightings to record!
Please stay safe and stay in touch.
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Kerri-Lee Harris, Chair, ALCW. (27/3/20)
Welcome to our reorganised Far South Coast Sea Slug Census
From Green Cape to Batemans Bay, we are encouraging people to record sea slug diversity along the coast.
The Census will run throughout April.
In response to the need for social distancing at the moment, we will not be organising any group activities. However, you can still get out and explore on your own or with other members of your household.
Note: please take seriously the current official advice about social distancing. As that advice is changing rapidly, please be sure to review your plans accordingly.
All images and sightings you make will contribute to our efforts to record as much of our coastal biodiversity as we can.
WHERE TO LOOK
There are many places you can hunt for sea slugs. In shallow estuaries, lagoons, rock pools and in the sea. From very close to the surface, to many metres below. The Sea Slug Census is for coastal walkers, snorkelers and divers and we want you to share all your sightings with us to build our database.
Here is a table of places where we have found numbers of Sea Slugs in past years, so they are well worth a look. We also show you a tide table for April, so if you want to go rockpooling or estuary walking, you will see when the best low tides are happening.Please do get in touch if you have any questions, take care around the coast and in the sea and enjoy looking for and recording all the interesting things you see.
What to look for
Sea slugs come in a bewildering array of sizes, shapes and colours. Here are just a few of the sightings made in our region last Summer.
Recording your sightings
Please record your sightings on the NatureMapr database.
Contact us
If you have any questions about survey activities, need any help recording what you see, or if you have any suggestions for good locations, please contact us.
Libby Hepburn 0458 798 990 libby@atlasoflife.org.au
Liz Allen 0434 375 568 turalizzie@yahoo.com.au
Good hunting!
