Tree canopy within City of Melbourne mapped using 2018 aerial photos. The canopy polygons represent actual tree canopy extents on both private and public property across the city.

Tree canopy within City of Melbourne mapped using 2018 aerial photos and LiDAR. The canopy polygons represent actual tree canopy extents on public property (land managed by the City of Melbourne) across the city. The data is considered accurate for 2018. Changes in tree canopy are expected to have occurred since that time.

Tree canopy cover is mapped by the City of Melbourne annually.

This dataset contains survey data for bird species across various river and wetland locations in the City of Melbourne. Bird transect surveys were conducted by Ecology Australia at the following locations: Dynon Road, West Melbourne, Wildlife Sanctuary (1), Dynon Road, West Melbourne, Tidal Drain (2), Moonee Ponds Creek lower catchment near Racecourse Road, Kensington and Dynon Road, West Melbourne (3), Maribyrnong River near Newells Paddock and Dynon Road, West Melbourne (4), Royal Park Oak Street Wetland (5), and Stony Creek Backwash, Footscray (6). Surveys were undertaken during daylight hours and were repeated on various dates throughout February and March 2018. Bird surveys were conducted by completing transects along the waterbodies and identifying bird species and numbers. These surveys were undertaken to primarily track bird species richness at Site (1) with Site (3) existing as a reference site with comparable habitat characteristics.

This bird survey dataset includes the bird’s common name, scientific name, the corresponding Victorian Biodiversity Atlas Code, the date the survey was conducted, and the location of the survey (including the latitude and longitude). The Victorian Biodiversity Atlas (VBA) is managed by the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DELWP) and provides a list of species observations in Victoria. Each species has an identification ‘code’ number.

Please get in contact with the Urban Forest and Ecology Team (nature@melbourne.vic.gov.au) if you wish to view the full report by Ecology Australia or if you have any questions about the dataset.

The Our City's Little Gems study observed butterfly biodiversity and flower-butterfly interactions in the City of Melbourne between January - March 2017. The Our City's Little Gems project is a direct extension of The Little Things that Run the City project that assessed the insect biodiversity of green spaces in the City of Melbourne. The Little Things that Run the City project did not originally feature butterflies, so the Our City’s Little Gems project was created to solely look at butterfly-flower interactions in our city. Please use the detailed legend for all species, environmental and location information. All species records are butterflies. All records have coordinates.

Insect Records in the City of Melbourne from the Little Things that Run the City Project. This data identifies what individual species were found in the Little Things that Run the City Project and is not a count of all species recorded. This data was obtained from Luis Mata, a postdoctoral researcher at RMIT. The data is owned by the City of Melbourne and RMIT. The project started in October 2014 with the first survey of insects for this project in parks and gardens in the City of Melbourne. More surveys were conducted between January and March 2015. Insect species were sorted and identified from April to September 2015. This is the raw data for the report that was published in late 2016.

Some records are lacking information on the species classifcation level, and may have the correct genus information accompanied with a number in the identification notes column - this donates species 1, 2, or 3 of that genus where the species could not be identfiifed. All records lack a species name as this was not provided to the City of Melbourne in the original dataset.

Tree canopy within City of Melbourne mapped using 2016 aerial photos and LiDAR. The canopy polygons represent actual tree canopy extents on both private and public property across the city.

Tree canopy within City of Melbourne mapped using 2014 aerial photos and LiDAR. The canopy polygons represent actual tree canopy extents on both private and public property across the city.

Tree canopy within City of Melbourne mapped using 2015 aerial photos and LiDAR. The canopy polygons represent actual tree canopy extents on both private and public property across the city. he data is considered accurate for 2015. Changes in tree canopy are expected to have occurred since that time.

Bat Records in Fitzroy Gardens and Royal Botanic Gardens 2010. Collected by Fiona Caryl (field surveys from PhD research) in April 2010 by acoustic recording devices - then species were identified from their calls. All species are microbats. Some records are only classified down to genus level. All records have coordinates.

This dataset should be read alongside other energy consumption datasets on the City of Melbourne open data platform as well as the following report:

The dataset outlines modelled energy consumption across the City of Melbourne municipality. It is not energy consumption data captured by a meter, but modelled data based on building attributes such as building age, floor area etc. This data was provided by the CSIRO as a result of a study commissioned by IMAP Councils. The study was governed by a Grant Agreement between Councils and the CSIRO, which stated an intent for the data to be published. This specific dataset is presented at a block level scale. It includes both commercial and residential buildings and is a 2026 projection, relative to a 2011 baseline, based on a scenario of buildings being retrofitted. It does not include the industrial sector.