Activities

It’s like your daily Wordle, but with more feathers! Guess the BIRDLE and its characteristics in 5 guesses every day from 1 September 2025. Use the photo and bird call as helpful clues. 

Forest & Bird has worked with Raining Rock Studio to bring this new official NZ version to flight.  

Birdle is a fun way to encourage more people to learn about birds and bird conservation, no matter their experience level.

Go with family and friends on a self-guided adventure in Ponsonby – part art trail, part bird-watching, and all fun! Use our map and your keen eyes to find 10 Metalbird silhouettes around this Auckland neighbourhood. Find them in order or mix it up – just make sure to spot them all. Approx 30. mins of feathered fun. 

Complete the hunt and go in the draw to win your very own Metalbird! 
Pick up a copy of the scavenger hunt sheet at the following local stores – and do some shopping too: 

- The Garden Party, 130 Ponsonby Road, Auckland 1010 

- Duck Island Ice Cream, 1/182 Ponsonby Road, Ponsonby, Auckland 1011 

- Dead Man Vintage, 5 Great North Road, Grey Lynn, Auckland 1011 (opens 13 September)

🪶✨ Win a rare bird brick kit! ✨🪶  

Have you built one of the Forest & Bird Brick Kits by @bricks.by.mike_ ?  Or crafted your own native manu out of LEGO? 

Share a photo of your creation and you could win a Brick Kit of the 2024 Bird of the Year winner the hoiho (yellow-eyed penguin) 🐧.  

This set is currently sold out and can’t be bought anywhere else, so this is your chance to get your flippers on a true collector’s item!  

📸 How to enter:  

1️⃣ Build your native bird  

2️⃣ Post a photo on Facebook or Instagram  

3️⃣ Tag us and use #BirdOfTheYear so we can find your entry  

Entries close 28 September 2025 — good luck!!  

Flock together and bring some feathery fun into your workplace during Bird of the Year. Find resources to help you vote, connect, and fundraise with your team.