WMIL formed the National Coordination Team for the recent New Zealand Bird Atlas project, which ran from June 2019 to June 2024. This nationally significant citizen science project is Birds New Zealand’s flagship project, building on a legacy of two previous Atlas schemes run in the 1970s and early 2000’s.
Working with Birds New Zealand, as well as the eBird team in the US, WMIL worked to coordinate and support the ever-growing community of birders across the country to help them contribute their valuable bird sightings to the Atlas database via eBird. The project data collection has since finished and the team are now busy analysing and writing up the project voluntarily.
Location
Aotearoa / New Zealand
Duration
2019-2024
Project Lead
Dan Burgin
New Zealand Bird Atlas
Patrick Crowe (former WMIL staff and part of Atlas Coordination team) Atlasing on Taranga © WMIL
Kāruhiruhi/pied shag © Dan Burgin
Atlasers at Lake Jasper © Patrick Crowe
Weka © Dan Burgin
Samantha Ray (part of the Atlas Coordination Team) Atlasing in Taranaki © Dan Burgin
Whio/blue duck © Dan Burgin
