Blakey Boy
Had to say goodbye to this fabulous little critter on Wednesday, he’d just clicked over 16 human years.
IRIS Awards 2017
Entered the NZIPP IRIS awards again this year, came away with two silver distinction, one silver and two bronze awards, here's the images. A big thank you to all the fantastic NZIPP volunteers who make this event happen each year!
Fighting Kiwi
Deb and I live in a kiwi zone, we hear them calling most nights. We got woken up at 5:45am to the sound of two of them outside our bedroom window fighting. They stayed a couple of minutes, after the show we thought "well we'll never see that again". But
Dotterel: about 2,000 left
These guys have a tough time perpetuating the species. This is the sole surviving chick from 16 eggs laid on a beach on Moturua Island in the Bay of Islands. Cute little critter.
Some eggs got swept away by high tides. Some hatched and the chicks were taken out
Four wheeled predators kill Kiwi
We live in a kiwi zone. We hear them calling most nights as they poke around in our garden and bush - wonderful. A friend dropped this one in for DoC to pick up. She found it on the side of the road, it had been killed by a car
2015 NZIPP Iris Awards
Entered the NZIPP Iris Awards for the first time this year. Stoked to have received a gold and a bronze award in the landscape section.