Biodiversity Blitz 2025
This September, Frankston City Council is celebrating Biodiversity Month by joining forces with neighbouring councils for Biodiversity Blitz 2025!
We’re in a friendly competition with councils across Melbourne – including Yarra Ranges, Baw Baw, Bayside, Cardinia, Casey, Greater Dandenong, Knox, Latrobe, Mornington Peninsula, Nillumbik, Kingston and City of Yarra – to see who can record the most species on iNaturalist.
By taking part, you’ll:
- Discover and learn about local plants and animals
- Contribute to valuable citizen science – real data used by scientists and researchers
- Celebrate and showcase the incredible biodiversity in Frankston City
How to Participate
- Join the project: Visit the Biodiversity Blitz 2025 - Frankston City Council · iNaturalist Australia project page
- Get outdoors: From 1–30 September 2025, explore your local parks, reserves, streets or even your backyard.
- Snap and upload: Photograph the plants, animals and fungi you see, then upload your observations to iNaturalist. Your records will automatically be added to the project and counted towards Frankston’s tally.
Keep Track of the Blitz
- Follow the leaderboard on the Melbourne Biodiversity Blitz 2025 project page to see how Frankston is ranking against our neighbouring councils.
Events and Workshops
To celebrate the Blitz, Council’s Environment team has put together a series of free events and workshops.
How to use iNaturalist
If you’ve never used iNaturalist you can watch a short video (below) prepared by our friends at Yarra Ranges or a full webinar (scroll down).
iNaturalist Bio Blitz
The iNaturalist for Beginners webinar below was filmed for the 2022 Biodiversity Blitz. Ignore references to the 2022 blitz. iNaturalist for Beginners
There are also help video availbile on iNaturalist
Video Tutorials : iNaturalist Help