Glenrose Pippins Monday 26 November 2018
Glenrose Pippins came to visit on the evening of 26 November 2018. Studying their Wildlife badge they were keen to learn about an endangered animal and what we can do to protect it, go bird watching and find out what animals live in our neighbourhood and help out at the Nursery.
On the way from the orchard to the Nursery we saw a tui, two piwakawaka (fantail) and two kereru (native pigeon). At the Nature Centre we looked at endangered birds, birds that live in the wetland (harrier, white faced heron, shag, kindfisher and ducks) and highlighted our local favourite endangered bird, the fernbird – a secretive wetland bird that nests near the ground and are threatened by loss of their wetland habitat. Luckily we have our own created wetland they have made their home and are nesting in the absence of predators. At the pond we fed Donna the duck and saw swallows and wild mallard ducks. At the pond Liam pulled the nets out of the pond and transferred the koura (freshwater crayfish) in it to a tank so we all got a good look. The group then helped out in the nursery by potting up 60 makomako (wineberry) seedlings into small pots. It was a very productive and interesting evening – thanks Rachel and Glenrose Pippins!
Chris
Posted: 26 November 2018