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Wairarapa Atlas Expedition April 2024
The Atlas team will be running a Toi Toi Wines funded Atlas expedition to Wairarapa this April! The group will be based in Dannevirke from Wednesday 24th April 2024, and finishing up on the Sunday 28th. The aim is to increase Atlas effort, day and night, across as much of the Wairarapa region, targeting low […]
2024 NZ Bird Conference – Earlybird registration ends 31 March!
The 2024 New Zealand Bird Conference and AGM of Birds New Zealand will be held in Nelson from 1 to 3 June (King’s Birthday Weekend). Conference details Earlybird registration and abstract submission close 31 March! REGISTER NOW . Field trip options are limited and filling up on a first-come-first-served basis! Conference attendees are invited to enter […]
Waikato Newsletter
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South Auckland Newsletter
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Historical Publication – A Flying Start
The historical OSNZ Publication “A Flying Start” (by B.J. Gill & B.D. Heather), published in 1990, is now available for download as PDF This book commemorates 50 years of the Ornithological Society of New Zealand (1940-1990) and is valuable to everyone interested in birds! For other historical publications that have significance to New Zealand ornithology […]
Birds NZ Data used in SIPO model
Birds NZ wader count data and re-sightings a crucial part of first full-annual cycle population model of South Island pied oystercatcher/tōrea developed by Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research. Read more
David Medway Scholarship
This scholarship, for Masters and PhD students, is sponsored by the George Mason Charitable Trust and named in commemoration of David Medway. Applications are now open and close on 30 March 2024. Details are available here.
Marj Davis Scholarship – Call for Applications
This Canterbury scholarship, for Masters and PhD students, was established in 2018 and is named in commemoration of Marj Davis. Applications are now open and close on 30 March 2024. Details are available here.
Pacific Islands Bird Conservation and Research Fund – Call for Applications
The Pacific Islands Bird Conservation and Research Fund (PIBCRF) provides a sustainable basis for supporting conservation management, research and training of local personnel, on bird species classed as endangered by ‘BirdLife International’ and breeding on islands in the South Pacific, but excluding New Zealand. Applications are now open and close on 30 March 2024. Details […]
2024 Birds NZ Youth Camp – Makarora
The latest 5 day Youth Camp held in the Makarora Valley and delivered by the Aspiring Biodiversity Trust was a great success! Read the report here
Meet our new Notornis Editor – Dr James Savage
Dr James Savage is a behavioural ecologist based in Invercargill. His research focuses on social and reproductive behaviour, particularly maternal effects and how parents coordinate to rear offspring. During his PhD, James studied the chestnut-crowned babbler, a medium-sized cooperatively breeding passerine endemic to outback Australia, More recently, James has contributed to behavioural research in rifleman and hihi, and […]
December Birds New Zealand magazine published
The December 2023 Birds New Zealand magazine has been published with a cover photo of a Kākāpō at Maungatautari Sanctuary Mountain taken by Jake Osborne. This edition contains news of new bird research being funded by the 2023 Birds New Zealand Research Fund, including a new nationwide census of Black-billed Gulls, remote tracking of Australasian […]
Royal Spoonbill – National Census
Birds NZ has been documenting the increase in population and breeding of royal spoonbill in NZ since the late 1970s. The last census was in 2012 when 2361 birds were recorded. Birds NZ regions will collectively do another winter census in 2024 to see if the population of royal spoonbill is still increasing. In addition, […]
Nelson Newsletter
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Wellington Newsletter
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Canterbury Newsletter
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Marlborough Newsletter
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Passing of Mel Galbraith
It is with great sadness that we share the news of the passing of Mel Galbraith on Thursday 28 September, surrounded by his family, following a short battle with cancer. Mel was a long-standing Council member of Birds New Zealand, and much valued as an active leader in Auckland ornithology, having been a previous Regional Representative. […]
Otago Newsletter
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Meet our new Secretary – Johannes Chambon
Thank you for my co-option onto Council. My name is Johannes Chambon. Originally from France, I worked in conservation for about 9 years in different places around the world, mostly on islands. I spent several years in the Indian Ocean (Mayotte, Mauritius, Christmas Island), and have some previous experience in Aotearoa New Zealand (Te Mana o […]