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GARDEN ROUTE NEWS - Nature lovers had the opportunity to explore their surroundings over the weekend and document species of plants and animals via the iNaturalist phone application.
Participants in the 2021 Garden Route City Nature Challenge had four days, from 29 April till 3 May, to upload species with their smartphones.
In George the Garden Route Botanical Garden offered free entrance to visitors who presented their smartphones with the iNaturalist App at the entrance. Those who used this opportunity did so with enthusiasm and took some great pictures of a variety of species.
Journalist Michelle Pienaar was there with her camera and joined in the fun.
iPhone meets iNaturalist - and voila!
The City Nature Challenge is an international competition with the goal of finding and documenting plants and wildlife in cities across the world. Cities compete against each other to see which can make the most observations of nature, which can find the most species, and which can engage the most people.
Photo gallery: Nature lovers discover new plants and animals
The challenge is organised by the citizens science teams of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County and the California Academy of Sciences.
Kian Pienaar (7) appreciates beautiful wild flowers.
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