It’s the first year for ‘The Great Matuku Muster’ which encourages everyone to record bittern on the same day(s) nationwide to avoid double counting, giving us a better estimate of their population.

The Love Bittern project (and in some areas the Bittern Conservation Trust) is providing support around Aotearoa.

In the muster, people or groups are encouraged to coordinate active monitoring (people observing in the field) to record observations and males booming 30 minutes before and after their local sunset for 2 days each month around and including:

• Saturday 19th October
• Saturday 16th November

Saturday 19th October is the key date so if you can only do one day please try and make it then!

Sign up to help join the muster as a Group or Individual here.