{"id":741,"date":"2016-06-06T12:49:42","date_gmt":"2016-06-06T12:49:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/synergy.st-andrews.ac.uk\/biooutreach\/?p=741"},"modified":"2016-06-06T12:49:42","modified_gmt":"2016-06-06T12:49:42","slug":"bioblitz-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biology.st-andrews.ac.uk\/outreach\/2016\/06\/06\/bioblitz-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"BioBlitz 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-741 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/biology.st-andrews.ac.uk\/outreach\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2016\/06\/ColourBioblitz15-scaled.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/biology.st-andrews.ac.uk\/outreach\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2016\/06\/ColourBioblitz15-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-744\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-744'>\n\t\t\t\tSt Andrews BioBlitz 2016\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/biology.st-andrews.ac.uk\/outreach\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2016\/06\/IMG_9778.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/biology.st-andrews.ac.uk\/outreach\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2016\/06\/IMG_9778-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-776\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-776'>\n\t\t\t\tBird survey\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/biology.st-andrews.ac.uk\/outreach\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2016\/06\/IMG_9731.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/biology.st-andrews.ac.uk\/outreach\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2016\/06\/IMG_9731-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-775\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-775'>\n\t\t\t\tInvertebrate survey\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/biology.st-andrews.ac.uk\/outreach\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2016\/06\/P1130125.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/biology.st-andrews.ac.uk\/outreach\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2016\/06\/P1130125-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-779\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-779'>\n\t\t\t\tStudying samples\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/biology.st-andrews.ac.uk\/outreach\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2016\/06\/P1130151.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/biology.st-andrews.ac.uk\/outreach\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2016\/06\/P1130151-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-778\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-778'>\n\t\t\t\tIn the teaching lab\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/biology.st-andrews.ac.uk\/outreach\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2016\/06\/IMG_9771.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/biology.st-andrews.ac.uk\/outreach\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2016\/06\/IMG_9771-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-777\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-777'>\n\t\t\t\tBird survey\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/biology.st-andrews.ac.uk\/outreach\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2016\/06\/IMG_9540.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/biology.st-andrews.ac.uk\/outreach\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2016\/06\/IMG_9540-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-785\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-785'>\n\t\t\t\tBeach seine\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/biology.st-andrews.ac.uk\/outreach\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2016\/06\/IMG_9711.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/biology.st-andrews.ac.uk\/outreach\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2016\/06\/IMG_9711-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-780\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-780'>\n\t\t\t\tPlant survey\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/biology.st-andrews.ac.uk\/outreach\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2016\/06\/IMG_9560.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/biology.st-andrews.ac.uk\/outreach\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2016\/06\/IMG_9560-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-784\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-784'>\n\t\t\t\tCrabbing\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/biology.st-andrews.ac.uk\/outreach\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2016\/06\/P1130054.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/biology.st-andrews.ac.uk\/outreach\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2016\/06\/P1130054-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-783\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-783'>\n\t\t\t\tMoth recording\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/biology.st-andrews.ac.uk\/outreach\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2016\/06\/IMG_9616.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/biology.st-andrews.ac.uk\/outreach\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2016\/06\/IMG_9616-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-782\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-782'>\n\t\t\t\tFreshwater survey\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/biology.st-andrews.ac.uk\/outreach\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2016\/06\/P1130081.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/biology.st-andrews.ac.uk\/outreach\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2016\/06\/P1130081-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">St Andrews BioBlitz took place last week on Friday and Saturday.\u00a0 This is the third year of BioBlitz in St Andrews. This years\u2019 event was attended by children from Crail and Greyfriars schools, home schoolers, volunteers from postgraduate and undergraduate courses, University staff, visiting specialists, and many enthusiastic members of the public.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">At the time of writing the total number of species identified stands at around 420. \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mba.ac.uk\/staff-list\/mr-jack-sewell\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jack Sewell<\/a>\u00a0from the Marine Biological Association\u2019s Education Team won the BioBlitz Goody Basket (generously filled with help from St Andrews Brewing Co, J&amp;G Innes, and Topping &amp; Co.) for making the closest guess to this end-of-day species count. \u00a0The total number of species so far is less than in 2015, but specialists are still working on processing samples and identifying species. This means that the final species count is not yet available. \u00a0Although BioBlitz officially takes place over two days, in practice there are of course months of preparation before the event, organising teams of people, publicity, and specialists. After BioBlitz has taken place there is still more work to be done, classifying and confirming all the species observed. \u00a0Species seen include organisms of all kinds of sizes, from large birds to marine creatures on the microscopic scale \u2013 and some are much harder to identify \u2018for sure\u2019 than others!<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Amongst species identified so far, there has been one which is new in the UK, and at least one other species that is new to Scotland. Further details will emerge as scientists compare the St Andrews database more carefully with records held in Fife, and in the National BioBlitz network.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Data from previous years are available at the <a href=\"https:\/\/data.nbn.org.uk\/Datasets\/GA001539\"><span class=\"s2\">National BioBlitz Network Gateway<\/span><\/a> website and the 2016 data will also be there as soon as it is ready.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Bioblitz 2016 was funded by the School of Biology (Public Engagement) and the Big Lottery Fund.\u00a0 Bioblitz also gratefully acknowledges help from Transition, the University of St Andrews, The Scottish Oceans Institute, MASTS, and the Marine Biological Association.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Thanks to everyone who took part.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>There are\u00a0many more pictures of the event on the BioBlitz Facebook page at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/StABioblitz\/\"><span class=\"s2\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/StABioblitz\/<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>St Andrews BioBlitz took place last week on Friday and Saturday.  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