Birds act as ‘backyard barometers’ – telling us about the health of the environment we live in. They are signalling significant changes in our environment over the last 11 years. We should be listening.

Using cutting-edge techniques, Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research has distilled a substantial information base – bird counts gathered by New Zealanders from over 31,000 garden surveys since 2007 – into simple but powerful metrics.

Explore how bird counts have changed nationally and in your region since 2007.

Citation: MacLeod CJ, Spurr EB, Brandt AJ, Green P. 2018. State of NZ Garden Birds 2017 | Te Āhua o ngā Manu o te Kāri i Aotearoa. Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research, Lincoln. ISBN 978-0-947525-43-9