The Blue Mountains Fauna Project is a research and citizen science initiative of the Blue Mountains Bushcare Network, supported by Blue Mountains City Council’s Bushcare program and Greater Sydney Local Land Services through funding from the Australian Government’s National landcare program.
The Project seeks to collate all existing records of fauna in the Blue Mountains and supplement these records with input from the community. The project actively gathered community records up until March 2019 before finalising and mapping the fauna database. Observations held in the community have the ability to fill in many gaps about our understanding of what species live where in local reserves and suburbs.
In early 2020, the Project launched the Blue Mountains Fauna Inventory at a public event in Lawson.
Learn more:
Blue Mountains City Council Media Release
Blue Mountains Fauna inventory [ download ]
The Fauna Inventory Web Page [ Blue Mountains City Council website ]
Note: the Blue Mountains Fauna Inventory is separate to the book, Native Fauna of the Greater Blue Mountains World Heritage Area, compiled by Judy Smith, Peter Smith and Kate Smith and published for sale in 2017. The book describes the Greater Blue Mountains World Heritage Area and the status, local distribution and ecology of each of its 68 mammal, 254 bird, 74 reptile and 36 frog species, an outstanding native fauna whose diversity, scientific value and conservation importance are of recognised international significance.
A slideshow with more information about Blue Mountains Fauna and the book can be found here.
More information about the book can be found at http://www.bluemountainsfauna.com.au/
