On Sunday 29th May 2011, about a dozen enthusiastic members of the Landcare Group spent a couple of hours with chain saws, scrub cutters, loppers and spades cutting back the overgrown gorse, woolly nightshade, and blackberry to open up access to the wetlands below Clive Howe Drive. Thanks to the previous efforts of other members […]
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March Newsletter
Hello to all The summer / autumn rains have been excellent for native tree seed production. For example I have seen both totara and kahikatea trees almost orange / red due to the huge berry abundance. There is no current shortage of food for the birds. There is much to report. 1 AGM / Next […]
Martyn Wright Road Field Day Photos
Here we are at Hiedie and Brian Morgan’s house getting Instructions for the morning session and discussing the techniques to be followed. Andrew Sinclair in red jacket and Garrick McCarthy with sunglasses on his head. These pictures below show the bird monitoring in progress on Bruce and Gaylene […]
Hunters Road field trip 25-7-10
We had a total of 17 interested persons turn out for the perfect day at the Hunters Road reserve car park. And what an interesting bunch of keen folk who turned up. A guy from Pukekohe who is very experienced in south island possum trapping and monitoring, GPS and who is willing to help map […]