City Nature Challenge
Learn more about local plants and wildlife, and help put Surrey's biodiversity on the world stage.
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We are gearing up for this year's City Nature Challenge! Be part of community science efforts in Surrey by adding your fish, wildlife, plant and fungi observations. The data gathered contributes to helping the City achieve its biodiversity conservation goals.
Whether you’re a resident, visitor or businesses – you can be part of getting Surrey’s biodiversity recognized!
Join Surrey’s iNaturalist community
- Download the free iNaturalist app to your mobile device and set up your profile.
- Search for surrey-bc_biodiversity, follow us, and join our City Nature Challenge 2025 project.
- From April 25-28, take photos of plants, animals and fungi wherever you feel comfortable observing nature (e.g., your backyard, balcony, local park).
- From April 29–May 4, help the community identify observations to make them count in the final global results.
Surrey is continuing to join other communities across Metro Vancouver for a region-wide challenge. Track local 2025 results in real time through Surrey’s project page, while checking out how well the region is doing. You can also see how Metro Vancouver is doing compared to other cities and regions in Canada through the national umbrella project hosted by the Canadian Wildlife Federation.
Posting observations
Learn how to make and add an observation and a whole lot more, check out iNaturalist's Getting Started guide.
- Location of the observation is important, so if you have your phone’s location data turned off you will need to add the location manually.
- If it’s not wild (e.g., a domestic pet or farm animal) be sure to mark the observation as captive/cultivated.
- As you gain experience, feel free to help others identify their observations.
Upcoming events
Check out our Environmental Extravaganza page to find out about activities and events happening during the City Nature Challenge
What we accomplished in 2024
In spring 2024, we completed our fifth City Nature Challenge. Thank you to Surrey's iNaturalist community and the supporting 192 identifiers who helped review 910 observations (equaling 357 species) during that cold, rainy weekend!
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