And now... 🏅A few words from our winner🏅

#BOTY2025 #BirdoftheYear2025 #BirdoftheYear #NZBirdoftheYear

@thomassainsbury

Need some help choosing which birds to vote for in the 20th Bird of the Year? Download our handy flowchart. Voting opens Monday!
👉https://f.mtr.cool/euvawqrgje

#BOTY2025 #BirdoftheYear2025 #BirdoftheYear

🌿🌿🌿 Three easy ways to start conservation for Te Wiki Tiaki Ao Tūroa, Conservation Week, 1 to 7 September 2025.
1. Pick up rubbish
2. Support pest control
3. Vote nature

🐦Let’s make conservation part of everyday life. We’d love to hear your ideas for making it more accessible 💚

A loaf-sized shrimp? The supergiant amphipod, or Alicella gigantea, lives 7 km below the ocean’s surface and is a monster compared to other shrimp. The extreme pressure at the depth they live in is theorised to have led to their gigantism, just like the colossal squid 🦑
📸 Alan Jamieson (CC-BY-SA)

Pīngao or golden sand sledge is a wonder of a #nzplant - naturally binding together #sanddunes for #climateresilient #coastlines 🏖️

Choose Nature-based Solutions - they work! 💯
www.forestandbird.org.nz/campaigns/choose-nature-based-solutions

#naturebasedsolutions #ClimateAction #nzconservation