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The Department of Conservation Kiwi Guardians includes the Manu Monitor medal! Take part in the Garden Bird Survey and you can claim the medal for yourself buff.ly/46oPIQw #NZGardenBirdSurvey #KiwiGuardians #nzgardenbirds

#OurManuFacts 🐦 Pīwakawaka, fantail, also know by some iwi as tirairaka, tīwaiwaka or tīwakawaka. Known for its friendly ‘cheet cheet’ call and flittering flying antics, the pīwakawaka / fantail is one of the most common native birds in Aotearoa.

Here are the latest numbers - an amazing 474,114 birds counted already! 👏👏👏 Looks like NZ has been out in force with those binoculars 😀 Not sure how to take part? It's easy! » buff.ly/3PATMat

Don't forget to snap a picture of any birds visiting your bird watching spot during the survey and enter our photo competition to win some great prizes (valued at $333)! Enter online: buff.ly/3CBhThs. Submissions close 5pm Wednesday 5 July 2023.

Here we are after 4 days of counting! Thank you to all you bird counters - and if you're yet to take up a tally sheet & pen, here's how to take part! Get involved » buff.ly/3PATMat

Here we have the numbers after 6 days of counting! We're up on last year - let's see if we can knock 2022 right off its perch! Happy birding 🐥🐧🦉 Want to participate & not sure how? All you need » buff.ly/3PATMat

Our daily tallies show us how many surveys have been submitted in each region of NZ, with the bigger towns & cities making their presence felt. Different picture when we look at the proportion of people who've taken part? Tasman!! 👏👏👏 Get involved » buff.ly/3PATMat

It's not over till the last tūī sings 🎶 There is still time today to get outside for an hour and count the birds in your garden. It's easy to do – grab your tally sheet here and start counting. buff.ly/3oxYzON

With one more day of counting to go, here's how we're doing so far! 123 different bird species - amazing. Big thanks to all the participants so far👏 There's still today to contribute (here's hoping the weather holds ☁ 🌦❄☀) How to take part -buff.ly/3oxYzON

Where are our keenest bird counters? The people of Tasman are currently leaving the rest of the country in their wake – but will Otago knock them off their perch? #nzgardenbirds #citizenscience #lovebirds #lovenature

Drum roll... 🥁 Here are the numbers at the end of this year's Garden Bird Survey - over 5,300 forms submitted so far!!! Big thanks to all who've participated 👏👏👏 The form's open until 17 July - there's still time to enter your data » buff.ly/3PATMat

This year's @nzgardenbirds photo comp doesn't close until tomorrow evening - there's still time to take part! These are just some of the beautiful - and sometimes comical - entries that have come in so far 😍 Take part - link in bio gardenbirdsurvey.nz/photocomp/ Good luck!

Forgotten to enter your NZ Garden Bird Survey Results? That's OK; the survey form is still live for a few more days! And a big THANK YOU for talking part 👏 » buff.ly/3PATMat

Don't forget - today is the *𝐋𝐀𝐒𝐓 𝐃𝐀𝐘 * to get your entry in for this year's Garden Bird Survey colouring competition!! This is the biggest year so far - check some of the amazing, creative entries 😍 Entry form » buff.ly/43G2JTS

Taken part in this year's survey and still got that tally sheet hanging around? Don't forget to enter your data! There's still time to make your count count. buff.ly/3oxYzON

Watched the birds in your garden during this year's NZ Garden Bird Survey @nzgardenbirds, and did the counting but thought you'd missed the boat? Good news - there's still time to enter your data » buff.ly/3oxYzON #citizenscience #gardenbirds

𝗟𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗮! Almost missed out? Good news - you still have today to add your @nzgardenbirds bird count data 🦆🐥🦉 Entry form » buff.ly/3pQpBkV #citizenscience #nzgbs #birds

Here they are - the final numbers as this year's NZ Garden Bird Survey draws to a close, with over 226,000 birds counted across the motu. A huge thank you to one and all – see you next year!

And that’s a wrap from us. The portal is closed. Data are now sent off to our scientists who crunch the numbers, then they let us know how our garden birds are faring in urban environments. In short: Forms submitted: 6,237 Birds counted: 226,102 Bird species spotted: 128 👏👏👏

It was very difficult to pick a winner in this year's photography competition, and ultimately the prize-winning shot was taken by Amy Boyce with this beautiful image of a song thrush in the early morning. Congratulations Amy! 👏👏👏