Kan 2013, ginana ni Wilmhurst an Te Tohu Taiao Award for Ecological Excellence, na itinao kan New Zealand Ecological Society. Si Wilmshurst nanggana man sa New Zealand Ecological Society   nin Outstanding Publication on New Zealand Ecology award kan 2016 para sa saiyang papel na Use of pollen and ancient DNA as conservation baselines for offshore islands in New Zealandna ipinublikar sa Conservation Biology.