Hi everyone
Just a quick heads-up that I will be closing down the Great Kererū Count Observations tomorrow 9am
Please make sure if you are adding your observations for the Great Kererū Count that anything outside the date range will not be counted.
22nd September – 1st October 2017.
Thanks again.
Ngā mihi nui,
Tony Stoddard | Kererū Discovery | Great Kererū Count Coordinator
What a massive effort with this year’s Great Kererū Count.
Over 5600+ Observations and more than 12,900+ Kererū counted over the last 10 days.
Thank you all so much for your hard work.
Thanks to WWF-New Zealand, Wellington City Council, Victoria University of Wellington and all the other wonderful supporters we had across the country.
Big thanks to all the curators at NatureWatch NZ that were hard at work behind the scenes for the last 10 days.
And most of all an ENORMOUS THANKS to everyone in New Zealand that took part in the Great Kererū Count 2017. We could not have done this without your support and love for kererū. So thank you again for helping us making kererū count.
Finally, If you still have kererū observations to be entered for the dates 22nd September to 1st October - please get them in as soon as possible.
Thanks again.
Ngā mihi nui,
Tony Stoddard | Kererū Discovery | Great Kererū Count Coordinator
This year is our chance to vote for nature, so let’s make kererū count.
From the 22nd September to 1st October we need everyone across New Zealand out making observation on where kererū are and also where they are not. Please share and encourage all of your family, friends and work mates to take part in this year’s Great Kererū Count - then get out and get counting.
Happy counting everyone 😊
Ngā mihi nui,
Tony Stoddard | Kererū Discovery | Great Kererū Count Coordinator
The Great Kererū Count - Get ready to start counting!
22nd September to the 1st October 2017
If you haven’t already joined the Great Kererū Count 2017 project make sure you do before the 22nd of September
The more people who participate, the better the understanding we will get on how kererū are doing across the country. So it’s time to turn your eyes to the skies and make a note of any kererū that you see.
The Great Kererū Count aims to build an understanding of the abundance and distribution of kereru throughout New Zealand through citizen science.
Why get involved? Kererū are protected birds and endemic to New Zealand. Kererū numbers are much lower than the flocks reported from 50-100 years ago, but they do not have formal threatened status. This means no centralised data is collated to monitor overall national trends. Given the significance of kererū for the survival of New Zealand’s native forests (kererū are the only remaining bird species able to disperse the large seeds of particular forest trees) it is important that some form of national monitoring exists.
What does the future hold for kererū? Large flocks of more than one hundred kererū were once a common sight in skies over New Zealand our vision is to see them again.
Ngā mihi nui,
Tony Stoddard
Kererū Discovery / Great Kererū Count Coordinator
