by Julie Harrison | May 17, 2020 | Uncategorized
The weather relented and allowed us easy passage on Friday. Nick and Gen, Theo and baby Georgia were at the boat to meet us after their 2 month stint on parental leave. Nice to see them back. Will led a large group to monitor fauna on the 80 flax bushes in his...
by Julie Harrison | Apr 24, 2020 | Uncategorized
This is the message from the DOC ranger, 22/4/20 on how to ID the shore plovers…. Kia ora keen tūturuatu/shore plover spotters, First off, thanks to you all for being the eyes on the mainland for these special birds. Your sightings have been invaluable in...
by Julie Harrison | Apr 11, 2020 | Uncategorized
Mouse eradication programme on Mana Island – 1989-91 Between 1989 and 1991 there was a major mouse eradication programme on Mana Island. At the time, Mana was the largest island in the world to be cleared of mice. Estimates ranged from 5 to 15 million...
by Julie Harrison | Oct 18, 2019 | Uncategorized
Friday was breezy and the trip to Mana was bumpy. Leon met us at the boat and assisted with the transfer of gear to the Lockwood. Nick and Gen are on parental leave, Gen recently having given birth to baby Georgia. Our group of 17 shared space at the Lockwood....
by Julie Harrison | Oct 18, 2019 | Uncategorized
Lizards, gannets and storm petrels tasks Friday was quite windy but this died down to light breezes and sunny skies on Saturday. Annemieke, Cherie, Heather and Sarah Jane carried out lizard monitoring at the ngahere, green gecko and speckled skink sites...
by Julie Harrison | Oct 16, 2019 | Uncategorized
The trip over was quite bumpy for the group of 19 volunteers with a strong northerly blowing. This didn’t stop around half of the group trekking up to the flax weevil trial site with Will to do 2-minute counts of fauna on the 80 mature flax plants in the trial...
