Barung Big Butterfly Survey and Seed Forest Landcare Working Bee

Barung Big Butterfly Survey and Landcare Working Bee

Join us on Saturday March 12th for a morning surveying the emerging Barung Seed Forest for butterflies.

The butterfly survey is part of the inaugural week-long Sunshine Coast's Big Butterfly Count which will run from the 12th to the 20th of March.

The survey is open to anyone, no matter whether you are an expert or an amateur butterfly spotter, your eyes will be a great help to the cause.

Surveying the forest will help us to learn more about what species are using the site as habitat and data collected will feed into a larger pool of information that will help inform us of what species are present on the Sunshine Coast, and where they occur in the region.

Following the survey we will host a free morning tea and then invite people to help with some Landcare activities such as weed removal and tidying the forest and new plantings to ensure it stays healthy as habitat for all of the wildlife using the site.

Our intention is to host a regular working bee of volunteers at the Barung Seed Forest, so if you would like to be part of the care group that helps create diversity and habitat for local wildlife, this is a wonderful opportunity to come along and get involved.

When: Saturday March 12th 9 am - 12 pm

• Butterfly survey
• Morning tea
• Working bee

Where: Barung Seed Forest, Maleny Community Precinct, Parkland Dr, Maleny

What to bring:

• Please wear closed in shoes, long sleeves, long pants, hat and sunscreen
• Water for drinking
• Your own gardening gloves

What you will learn:

• Basic butterfly identification - what to look out for when surveying
• Weed identification and removal techniques
• Some native plant identification
• Plans for how we are creating a garden for wildlife at the precinct

To book for this workshop, please register online

or by phone 5494 3151

or at the office (38A Coral St)

We kindly ask that if you are registering for more than one person (e.g. a partner or family member/s), please add them as a guest as part of your registration.

Barung Landcare is monitoring the Covid situation and will advise if this workshop is unable to proceed. In line with Covid-safe protocols please comply with the following: