Some thoughts on the New Zealand whitebait, sea gulls and the health of our rivers – their habitat… Last week en-route to visiting family in South Canterbury I stopped off at a few east coast beaches, and in one instance walked to the mouth of the Waitaki River to look at what was present in… Continue reading The New Zealand whitebait season | A real and delicious Kiwiana experience
Category: Climate Change
Skink population quadrupled | Otago Daily Times Online News
top: View of the Upper Clutha Valley from the Grandview Mountains Very happy to hear this news. A group of us volunteers trap an extensive steep rocky area in the Grandview Mountains between the Lindis, Tarras and Wanaka to protect the same species. Recently about 80 were captured and translocated to other areas in Otago. The… Continue reading Skink population quadrupled | Otago Daily Times Online News
Black Stilt chicks released onto the Tasman River bed in the MacKenzie Country
top: Juvenile kaki black-stilt On 08/08/2016 the Dept. of Conservation released several black stilt kakī chicks that had been raised in their Twizel avery. It is the world’s rarest wading bird! Photos below courtesy of Rachel Hufton’s FaceBook feed who was at the release And from a good friend CragRat, more similar photos here… Continue reading Black Stilt chicks released onto the Tasman River bed in the MacKenzie Country