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 10 and 5 year periods. 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 34,000 garden surveys since 2008 – into simple but powerful metrics.

Explore how bird counts have changed nationally and in your region since 2008.

Citation: MacLeod CJ, Howard S, Gormley AM, Spurr EB. 2019. State of NZ Garden Birds 2018 | Te Āhua o ngā Manu o te Kā i Aotearoa. Manaaki Wheuna - Landcare Research, Lincoln. ISBN 978-0-947525-63-7.