-
NZGBS 2018 | participation trends
This report summarises spatial coverage and trends in participation in the NZ Garden Bird Survey (NZGBS) 2007 to 2018 based on garden-survey records only. It then explores the... -
State of NZ Garden Birds 2019 | Reports
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... -
State of NZ Garden Birds 2018 | Reports
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... -
State of NZ Garden Birds 2017 | Reports
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... -
Ecological requirements of NZ birds
Resource requirements (feeding and nesting) for selected New Zealand bird species and the spatial availability of these resources based on New Zealand LCDB3 cover classes -
Optimising survey effort to monitor environmental variables
A new statistical power analysis R package simr informs environmental monitoring design within New Zealand's main kiwifruit growing region (Bay of Plenty). The pilot data for 13... -
NZGBS 2018 | Barplots | By location
Changes in NZ Garden Bird counts for 14 common garden birds at the national, regional and territorial authority (district) scales for the last 10 years (2008 to 2018) and last 5... -
NZGBS 2018 | Barplots | Maps | By species
Changes in garden bird counts for 14 common birds at the national, regional and territorial authority scales for the last 10 years (2008 to 2018) and last 5 years (2013 to... -
NZGBS 2017 | Barplots | By location
Changes in NZ Garden Bird counts for 14 common garden birds at the national, regional and urban area (towns and rural areas) scales for the period 2007 to 2017. Spatial... -
NZGBS 2017 | Barplots | Maps | By species
Changes in NZ Garden Bird counts for 14 common garden birds at the national and regional scales for the period 2007 to 2017. -
State of NZ Garden Birds 2016
Supporting graphics for the 'State of NZ Garden Birds 2016' report MacLeod CJ, Howard S, Green P, Gormley AM, Wehi P, Brandt AJ, Spurr EB. 2017. State of New Zealand Garden... -
NZ Garden Bird Survey: participant feedback 2014–18
A report evaluating the findings from the New Zealand Garden Bird Survey (NZGBS) participant surveys (2014–18) to inform future opportunities for the NZGBS and wider Manaaki... -
Graphics | Chocolate fish
Chocolate fish illustrations used to convey different bird sizes for the NZ Garden Bird Survey. Illustrations were produced by C. Mary Brake from Reflection Graphics as part of... -
Graphics | Bird identification tips
Graphics providing identification tips for some common garden birds in New Zealand. -
Bird-plant interactions
Published records of interactions between extant native and endemic bird and plant species currently found on New Zealand’s South Island (but also including two species of... -
Data from "The effects of one-off aerial 1080 possum-control operations on co...
Overview 1080 was applied to two sites in 2012, one on the East Coast of the South Island and the other on the West Coast. Each site had a paired no-1080 site nearby. Birds and...
