More than 65 people of all ages turned up at the Stillwater Reserve on Sunday 8th of August 2021 for the annual Friends of Okura Bush planting day. Two sites were planted this year after weed control measures to prepare the sites: 1. Areas along the creek at Stillwater Recreation Reserve behind the hall and 2. Cheniers at Weiti River…
Author: John Marais
Animal Pest Control Quarterly Report Q3 2020
General We have shifted the Northern Walkway Line to the Council boundary and about to start adding another line in the bush there. Next in line is extending Stillwater Boundary and a line along Okura Esplanade Reserve, and getting some DOC250s out to get those ferrets people are spotting intermittently! Okura Bush/ Kauri Dieback Disease It is with great sadness…
Animal Pest Control Quarterly Report – September 2020
GENERAL NEWS: We have welcomed two new people to the trapping team since last report: Danny and Barry are local Weiti Residents and took the initiative to start trapping in their residential area. FoOB has helped to supply them with traps and is in the process of getting them up and running on CatchIT. Other activities: We have added 2…
Seabird breeding Season – October to March
The seaward chenier at Stillwater is the breeding site of three, nationally vulnerable, birds – New Zealand Dotterel, variable oystercatcher and brown teal. All three are endemic to New Zealand and are found nowhere else, and all three nest on the ground. Nesting is about to start (generally by the end of October/start of November) and both nests and young…
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