The “Species Count” occasion held Saturday in Kocaeli’s standard vacationer spot, Ormanya, attracted nature lovers eager on exploring the realm’s various wildlife.
Organized by the Kocaeli Metropolitan Municipality, this citizen science occasion gathered individuals to doc numerous dwelling organisms within the area utilizing the “inaturalist” cell phone utility.
Accompanied by skilled guides and instructors, the individuals had the chance to watch and {photograph} vegetation, birds, bugs, mammals and different creatures populating the native ecosystem.
Equipped with binoculars, magnifying glasses, and the cell app, almost 100 nature lovers made 494 observations, recording a complete of 113 totally different species through the occasion.
Among the notable sightings had been a number of chicken species together with the grey swift, backyard warbler, mountain nightingale, black-headed siskin, and mountain wagtail. Additionally, numerous arthropods like ladybugs, flat-backed centipedes, woodlice, fireflies, and Atalanta butterflies had been additionally documented within the forest.
Accompanied by consultants like Arif Cemal Özsemir, an insect specialist from Istanbul Technical University, wildlife photographer Fatih Dikmen, birdwatcher Ümit Malkoçoğlu and others, individuals had the possibility to watch various wildlife.
Under the steerage of Hüseyin Cahit Doğan, the group recorded plant species corresponding to sultan grass, elderwort, dollyapple, sweet cane, and coyote.
Furthermore, throughout fauna remark led by Tarkan Yorulmaz, the night bat species was recorded in Ormanya for the primary time. Additionally, birdwatcher Ümit Malkoçoğlu guided the group to doc the sociable wren, one other first-time sighting in Ormanya.
This occasion not solely engaged nature lovers but in addition contributed worthwhile observations to the understanding of the native ecosystem.
Source: www.dailysabah.com