This morning Steve Sawyer saw a flock of about six pōpokotea (whiteheads) in Longbush Reserve. Its wonderful that these rare little birds - whiteheads and tomtits (miromiro) - are returning to Waikereru. Now we’re waiting for our solitary toutouwai (North Island robin) to find a mate…
You can find out more about Whiteheads / Pōpokotea and listen to their songs at ebird.org.
Who knew that healthy streams could mess up your water supply?
It was great to welcome the national Environment Committee for the Forest Owners’ Association, and the Eastland Woodland Council to Waikereru recently to tal...
Nice story about the seed island project in the Gisborne Herald. Great to have so much local support for this experiment.
This video shows how important it is to have some woody debris in streams and rivers - just not the huge rafts we’ve been getting from forestry operations up...
