BioBlitz Battle Report - BRPC Ovingdean June 2026

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You can view all the wildlife we recorded at this event on iNaturalist here.

Overall Results

Records 37
Species 29
Verified species 24
Observers 4
Verified score 455
Unverified score 564
Top species Taonia
Top species score 81

Team results

Congratulations to Mermaid’s Purse for taking the gold medal in this BioBlitz Battle! And well done to everyone for a great game and some fantastic wildlife finds.

Individual results

Species Potential Score Confirmed Score
alexandrafwright 11 193 153
Gemma Asbury 17 303 113
Deni Reid 2 22 22
sweep_scamp 2 9 8

Top species found

A total of 4 species with a rarity score of 21 or higher have verified records:

Athanas nitescens - Hooded Shrimp
Score: 33
Found by: alexandrafwright
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Pilumnus hirtellus - Hairy Crab
Score: 26
Found by: alexandrafwright
Grateloupia turuturu - Devil's Tongue Weed
Score: 25
Found by: Gemma Asbury
Idotea balthica - Baltic Isopod
Score: 21
Found by: alexandrafwright

BioBlitz Battle team

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Event species list

Community verified records only

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Name Rarity Score
Patella - Patella Limpets 7
Steromphala umbilicalis - Purple Topshell 9
Steromphala cineraria - Grey Topshell 11
Lepidochitona cinerea - Grey Mail-shell 10
Sepia officinalis - European Common Cuttlefish 10
Pilumnus hirtellus - Hairy Crab 26
Cancer pagurus - Edible Crab 8
Necora puber - Velvet Swimming Crab 9
Porcellana platycheles - Hairy Porcelain Crab 10
Pisidia longicornis - Long-clawed Porcelain Crab 16
Athanas nitescens - Hooded Shrimp 33
Amphipoda - Amphipods 9
Idotea balthica - Baltic Isopod 21
Polynoidae - Scaleworms 14
Terebellidae - Spaghetti Worms 13
Anemonia viridis - snakelocks anemone 8
Actinia fragacea - Strawberry Anemone 10
Electra pilosa - Hairy Sea-mat 16
Ulva - Sea Lettuces 6
Grateloupia turuturu - Devil’s Tongue Weed 25
Taonia 81
Dictyota - Y-branched Algae 31
Sargassum muticum - Japanese Wireweed 10
Fucus serratus - Saw Wrack 8