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If you have any bird count data, collected between 1 June 2019 – 31 May 2024, that can contribute to the Atlas please submit it to the Atlas eBird portal. Please ensure all data is uploaded to the NZ Bird Atlas eBird Portal by the end of July 2024, as this is when analyses […]
The Atlas has finished, and what an incredible effort from the community! So, many of you might be thinking, now what?
On the 31st May 2024, the Atlas project came to a close after an amazing five years’ worth of Atlasing. This was a project that was dependent on a community united by a shared passion, and we’ve been blown away by how the community have come together to meet the aims of the project.
It’s time to finally announce the winner of our March Atlas challenge! The March challenge was a grid square themed challenge, with the goal of submitting to grid squares that had had less than two hours Autumnal effort so far in the Atlas eBird portal in order to try increase the Autumn season grid square coverage.
The Atlas team were excited to organise the final Toi Toi wines funded Atlas expedition to the Wairarapa region this April over the ANZAC Weekend. The key aim was to increase day and night effort across as much of the areas around the region as possible.
We’re excited to finally share the winner of our January Atlas Challenge! The January challenge was a grid square themed challenge, but with a particular focus on targeting grid squares that had received less than two hours worth of effort since the project began.
Maureen Howard provides a beautiful report of the recent Atlasing weekend into Alexandra, Otago. Thanks to the team at Toi Toi Wines for providing funding for this trip.
We asked Christopher Tuffley to provide a write-up of his recent Atlasing adventure into the Kaimanawa Southern Access Corridor. Whenever I looked at the Atlas Effort Map for the central North Island the region to the east of Waiouru looked back at me, blank and largely bare of data.
The latest improvements to the eBird website deliver personalized content and fresh features for every region in the world. Upgraded Explore Region pages deliver all the recent birding activity you desire, plus NEW sections highlighting eBirding This Month and Year, feeds of public Trip Reports for every region, and locally-relevant information curated by regional partner […]
Global Big Day is an annual celebration of the birds around you. No matter where you are, join us virtually on 11 May, help celebrate World Migratory Bird Day, and share the birds you find with eBird.
