BioBlitz - Join in to find and identify the different species at the University of Turku campus!

13.00-14.00 Welcome words (in finnish) | (Agora IIXX),
Leena Wahlfors (University of Turku), Tuija Alihaanperä (Turku), Ilari Sääksjärvi (Biodiversity Unit)

14.00-14.30 Public lecture | Animals in Turku (in finnish), Ari Karhilahti (Agora IIXX)

14.00-22.00 Elämän saari - movie | duration 17 min (Natura IX)

14.00-22.00 iNaturalist helpdesk  | (Natura)

14.00-22.00 Try how to catch ticks and count the plants  | (Natura)

14.00-22.00 How to measure pollen in the air? | Let's start at 14. Welcome to join any time, we will do some measurements once in a two hours. If you want; bring your own flower for measurements. (Natura)

Klo 15.00-15.30 Public lecture | Plants in Turku, Kalle Ruokolainen (Agora IIXX)

Klo 16.00-16.30 Public lecture | Insects, Kari Kaunisto (Agora IIXX)

Klo 17.00-17.30 Public lecture | How to do a herbarium, Kalle Ruokolainen (Agora IIXX)

Klo 17.30-19.00 Tips for making a herbarium | (Natura)

Klo 18.00-18.30 Public lecture | Ticks IN ENGLISH (Agora IIXX)

Klo 20.30 Quiz

Klo 22.00-22.30 Public lecture | Bats (Agora IIXX)

Science workshops

5 euros/workshop. Sign up in advance.

15.00–15.30 Science workshop for children (vulcano)

16.00–16.30 Science workshop for children (nature science)

18.30–19.00 Science workshop for children (liquid nitrogen ice cream)

19.30–20.00 Science workshop for children ADULTS (liquid nitrogen ice cream)

Open 24h during the event!

17.00–18.00 Family adventure in the Zoological museum. Read more about our collections  > Zoological museum

from 14.00 Board game club for the whole family

14.00 BioBlitz starts (campus area)

14.00-20.00 Tutustu kartoitusmenelmiin, punkkien kartoittaminen & kasvien kartoittaminen (University Hill)

16.30-17.30 Animal tales for everyone, in finnish (University Hill)

19.00-20.00 Animal tales for everyone (University Hill)

23.00-00.00 Bat observation (meeting point in University Hill)

Species identification tours

Meetingpoint: university hill (yliopistonmäki), duration: about 30-45 min

• Vascual plants at 16 & 20
• Bryophyte & lichen at 17.30 & 21
• Fungus at 14.30 & 18
• Vertebrate at 15.30 & 19.30
• Fish at 14 & 17
• Birds at 14.30 & 19, sun at 7
• Bats at 23
• Insects & spiders at 15 & 18.30

07.00-14.00 Elämän saari  - Seili, movie | duration 17 min (Natura IX)

10.00-14.00 iNaturalist helpdesk (Natura)

10.00-14.00 Try how to catch ticks and count the plants (Natura)

11.00-11.30 Public lecture | Biodiversty of insects, Kari Kaunisto & Anssi Teräs (Agora IIXX)

12.00-12.30 Public lecture | Pollen, Annika Saarto (Agora IIXX)

13.00-13.30 Public lecture | Natural history museums are important, Ilari Sääksjärvi (Agora IIXX)

14.00-14.30 We want to say thank you | (Agora IIXX)

9.30–10.00 Science workshop for children | vulcano > remember to sign up

10.30–11.00 Science workshop for children | nature science > remember to sign up

13.00–13.30 Science workshop for children| liquid nitrogen ice cream > remember to sign up

14.00 BioBlitz ends | campus area

Open 24h during the event!

11.30-12.30 Family adventure in the Zoological museum. Read more about our collections  > Zoological museum

7.00 Birds identification tours | Meeting point: University Hill

10.00-14.00 Try how to catch ticks and count the plants | University Hill

10.00-11.00 Animal stories | University Hill

14.00 BioBlitz ends | campus area

Hello families!

Do you want to collect tips for making a herbarium? Or do you want to learn to recognize birds based on sound? Or take a part a science workshop, where we will make ice cream with liquid nitrogen?

Now you have the opportunity to develop your own species identification skills. The University of Turku, Biodiversity Unit, is organizing a BioBlitz event this weekend from 21 to 22 May 2022. The purpose of the event is to identify the species on the university's campus. The event is important, because we need to understand the species richness of our urban environment.

There is a lot of things to do, because we will have a lot of side activities. Lectures for audience and microscopes are open to the public use. We have science workshops for kids and adults, quizzes and a lot of science fun. The Museum of Natural Sciences is open overnight and there will be many games to play. At the event, you can have fun with science or get a new hobby, such as nature photography. For the event, you can pick a flower from your own garden and see its pollen.

The event is free and suitable for all ages from shift work to day work, because the event doesn’t sleep. You can participate from a few hours up to 24 hours. There is no registration for the event (except for science workshops). You can arrive at the university hill (yliopistonmäki) at any time and take part to this species identification festivals! The event starts on Saturday 21.5. at 1.00 PM in Natura with a welcome event and the species identification will start at 2.00 PM. The event ends on Sunday 22.5. at 2 PM.

BioBlitz is for everyone! Welcome children and families!

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In BioBlitz, findings and identifications are recorded in the iNaturalist application. Everyone can record and describe observations in the system. Experts will recognize unknown species along BioBlitz and afterwards. So feel free to take a picture or sound of your observation and record it in the iNaturalist.

How to use iNaturalist

Click here to join BioBlitz Turku 2022 project.

BioBlitz area