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    April 2024 Atlas Challenge

    Slightly delayed in getting this one out to you all after the long weekend, but we’re excited to announce April’s Atlas challenge! Just 9 weeks are left now, as we continue the final countdown continues before the Atlas finishes.

  • Wairarapa Atlas Expedition - April 2024

    The Atlas team will be running a Toi Toi wines funded Atlas expedition to the Wairarapa region this April on ANZAC Weekend! The group will be arriving either Wed 24th or Thurs 25th April (ANZAC day) in Dannevirke, and basing themselves at the Dannevirke Holiday Park.

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    March 2024 Atlas Challenge

    Just 3 months remain, as we continue the final countdown continues before the Atlas finishes. We’re excited to share that we have another challenge this month for you all   March marks the first month of the final Autumn season.

  • February 2024 Atlas Challenge

    The final countdown continues before the Atlas finishes, and we have another challenge this month for you all 🤓 📆February is the final month of the final Summer season and the Atlas team want to continue to encourage the Atlas community to be trying to gather observations across as many grid squares as possible before […]

  • eBird Workshops a success!

    During December last year the Atlas team were excited to have worked with various stakeholders to line up eBird workshops at various locations around the country. The response was incredible.

  • Young Birders New Zealand

    Kia Ora! We are the Young Birders New Zealand team, focused on inspiring and encouraging Young New Zealanders like us to appreciate nature and the amazing outdoors of Aotearoa.

  • January 2024 Atlas Challenge

    🍾 Happy New Year! We hope you’re ready for another fantastic year of birding/Atlasing!

  • 2024 - The final 5 Atlas Months

    2024 marks the very final stages of the New Zealand Bird Atlas project. The final 5 months are here and we’re ready, are you?

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    Are tarāpuka/black-billed gulls endangered?

    It is often reported that tarāpuka/black-billed gulls are the most endangered gull in the world – but is this really the case? This largely stems from the 2017 New Zealand Bird Threat Classification System listing black-billed gull as Endangered – Nationally Critically; due to reputed and predicted high ongoing population declines.