A few of us carried out 5 ruru/morepork surveys in the early evenings last month. We had a great turnout for the Patumahoe / Henry’s Bush walk and enclosed are some of the ruru team. The ruru were not quite so plentiful with only 1 being heard. We had a great evening walk with a […]
Author Archives: Andrew Sinclair
Farrell’s Nursery – New Hub Days
Next Wednesday, Oct 14th, 10.00am – 1pm we will be running a Hub day with free trap and bait supplies. This is at Farrell’s Nursery, 46 Pollock Rd. We will be repeating these on a monthly basis in November on the first Wednesday of each month apart from January. It is an interesting development that […]
August events: Weeding, talks and tree planting
Hi, all There are a few things coming up in August in Mauku you may want to put on your calendar. Sunday, Aug 2nd – Weed working bee, St Brides, Mauku 10.00am to 12.00 noon Join us for the annual wild woolly weed control at St Brides. Come and see how the plantings are getting […]
Bittern Monitoring
Are you interested in helping out with some of our cool data analysis? If so give me a call on 021 268 1904 or email andrew@climbingjack.com. Looking for 4 volunteers – 1 SD card for each person. Around 10 hours of scrolling through sound files. As long as you have a computer that can take […]
Pukekohe 5 Summits Opening
This Sunday Nov 10th 9.30am at Pukekohe Railway Station sees the opening of the new Pukekohe 5 Summits Walking and Cycle Trail. Come along and join in. This is a great initiative from Pukekohe Tramping Club as part of their 50th celebrations and promises to be an awesome starting point for more trails in our […]
Waikato Landcare Day Otaua & Aka Aka
On Tuesday Nov 19th with Waikato Regional Council and NZ Landcare Trust we are hosting an interesting Field day at Otaua and then a trip onto Stu & Kim Muir’s place to check out some real wetland restoration. It is 9.30am – 3.30 and the option of a bbq up at Andrew & Louise Sinclair’s […]
Mauku Weeding, Sat Nov 9th at St Brides
Reminder for for working bee tomorrow morning, Sat Nov 9th at St Brides, Findlay Rd, Mauku 10.00am – 12.00. This is a woolly nightshade and chinese privet cleanup. Bring long sleeves, trousers solid footwear and a sharp spade. Perhaps a small, sharp handsaw if you have one. Other tools provided. Come and check out the […]