Kia ora Trappers & Baiters! Predator Free Franklin would like to invite you to a social afternoon with other trappers, baiters, volunteers, landowners, Jobs for Nature staff and project coordinators across Franklin. Join us and be introduced to other local legends as we share kai, swap stories and celebrate wins. Fill your cup and be inspired by […]
Tag Archives: Citizen science
WATCH: “What Schools Can Do Towards Predator-Free NZ 2050” – Otaua Rat Rangers
Pestival Webinar Replay: The Otaua Rat Rangers (at Otaua Primary School) are a great example of how we can get the next generation onboard with the vision and goal of a Predator-Free NZ by 2050. After all, it’s these kids who are going to have to keep the momentum going as they grow up over […]
WATCH: “Helping our Native Bat Species Thrive” – Ben Paris, New Zealand’s Batman
Pestival Webinar Replay: “Even though the New Zealand Long Tail Bat won Bird of the Year in 2021, the profile of our New Zealand native bats is, really, really low compared to our native bird species. The biggest challenge is trying to just get people to be more aware of our bats.” New Zealand used […]
Smart Cage Results 2022
People are starting to use the Smart Cages across Franklin, but by far the biggest buy-in has been in Whiriwhiri. The concept was to flip the trapping game on its head, do away with walking lines, rotten animals, re-baiting, and ineffective traps. Replace all of that with high interaction multi-species traps, the type that need […]
The beasts of Karioitahi
Karioitahi was largely cleared of natural habitat in the late 20th century to make way for our agricultural land, fortunately some pockets still coexist, and replanting of unproductive areas is now taking place. These small pockets are very much capable of supporting our celebrated endemic species, along with our game birds and a few fallow […]
Rurus about
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 […]
Ruru and bat surveys in Franklin this spring.
Anecdotally we are told by people that there are more ruru (morepork) in areas where we have been carrying out good rat and possum control. This is especially interesting where we are using bait stations for control, as brodifacoum (the active ingredient in Pest Off bait ) has a long half life, so there is […]
Pest News from Friends of Te Wairoa
Kia Ora trappers, and welcome to the new members of our Wairoa river catchment pest control team. Alongside this newsletter, a friendly reminder to check, reset and rebait those pest eradication devices around your property, and send in your latest catch numbers. It may also be a time to review placement and spacing of traps. […]
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 […]
School Holidays = Action
The school holidays are here and it is time to top up your bait stations and reset traps. It is also a great time for carrying out a bird count to celebrate the impact you are having in your local area. Come and join us on Wednesday 17th July for a community bird count. We […]