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Braided River Newsletter #29: 06 March 2017
Posted on March 6, 2017 by riveraid in ARRG, Awards and funding, biology, Breeding, community partnerships, Ecology, Newsletters, Orari, Wilberforce RiverGreetings, Thanks to everyone who pointed out the dozens (in fact hundreds) of broken links from our website to documents and pages that vanished when ECan rebuilt their website. It was an opportunity to update and restructure BRaid’s website. If you come across any errors that slipped through, I would appreciate it if you could […]
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Ashley River Update – January, 2017
Posted on February 3, 2017 by riveraid in Ashley, Black-billed gull, black-fronted terns, Breeding, pest weeds, trapping, traps, TrustpowerDown on the river Birds Being the wet summer that it has, river flows have been good this season, but it is not the same with bird numbers and breeding success. As stated in the December Update, annual survey numbers were well down on previous years, and breeding success was similar. Our 8 wrybill pairs […]
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Braided River Newsletter #26: 21 December
Posted on December 21, 2016 by riveraid in Ashley, Black-billed gull, black-fronted terns, Breeding, Education, Lower Waitaki, Newsletters, Waitaki, wrybillMerry Christmas everyone. Firstly, a big thank you for your support this year. I’ll keep this brief as I know your email inboxes will be jammed with end-of-year missives. I will be away from Friday 23 December until the end of January. If I manage to snap a few photos of Iceland’s braided rivers, I’ll […]
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Waimakariri River update October 31, 2016
Posted on November 24, 2016 by riveraid in Black-billed gull, Breeding, ECan, Research, WaimakaririWe are off to a slow start in terms of braided river bird breeding in the lower Waimakariri River. There are no settled black-billed gull colonies to report just yet, although one looks pretty close to being established out from “Dixons Bay” on the north bank (McLeans Island is directly opposite on the south bank […]
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Lower Waimakariri River Nov 2016 aerial survey
Posted on November 24, 2016 by riveraid in bird survey, Black-billed gull, Breeding, ECan, WaimakaririA big thank you to Christchurch International Airport, who sponsored the helicopter flight along the Waimakariri River from the river mouth to the gorge. This helps complete the picture of the national survey of critically endangered black-billed gulls currently being undertaken. See if you can spot the black-billed gulls in photos 6-8. It might look […]
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Ashley River Update: October 2016
Posted on October 10, 2016 by riveraid in Ashley, bird survey, Breeding, pest weeds, Reports, Research, trappingfrom Nick Ledgard Down on the river It is mid-October, which means the birds are back on the riverbed to start their breeding season. I walk a section of the riverbed every month, and 2 months ago there were only a handful of species present – most of which were introduced. Now all our major […]
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An open letter to Cat Rescue Christchurch
Posted on March 10, 2016 by riveraid in Ashley, Black-billed gull, black-fronted terns, Breeding, pest mammalsAn open letter to Cat Rescue Christchurch Dear Cat Rescue It has come to my attention that Cat Rescue has recently conducted a trap/neuter/release (TNR) programme near the Waikuku Beach campground, apparently trapping some eight cats, most of them feral. I wish to express my deep concern about your charity using the TNR method, especially […]
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Braid Newsletter #17: 22 February
Posted on February 22, 2016 by riveraid in Black-billed gull, black-fronted terns, Breeding, Clarence River, Lower Waitaki, Newsletters, pest mammalsHello all, This is a reminder that the next BRaid meeting is this coming Friday 26 February at 2.20pm, not 1.00pm, at DOC offices, Nga Mai Rd. Sockburn. We will be holding a manager’s meeting at 1.00pm, prior to the general meeting. I will be sending the agenda and last meeting’s minutes to all members […]
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Ferrets and feral cats decimating black-fronted terns on the Clarence River
Posted on February 10, 2016 by riveraid in black-fronted terns, Breeding, Clarence River, DOC, ECan, Funding, pest mammalsFrom Wildlife Management International Ltd: This video shows how one of the largest colonies of black-fronted tern colonies in the Acheron and Clarence River are under attack. Here, the stoat is killing an adult tern on the nest. The stoat didn’t even eat the bird, just killed it and moved on to another nest. When […]
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A glorious day on the Waitaki rivermouth
Posted on February 9, 2016 by riveraid in Black-billed gull, black-fronted terns, Breeding, WaitakiFrom Ann-Kathrin Schlesselmann It was a stunner day down here and I used the opportunity to go out to the Waitaki river mouth. The bar is full of birdlife starting with banded dotterels, oystercatchers, red-billed gulls, black-billed gulls, white-fronted tern, shags and black-back gulls. There is a massive colony of white-fronted terns (more than 500 […]
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Update on black-fronted tern project in the Lower Waitaki
Posted on February 8, 2016 by riveraid in bird survey, black-fronted terns, Breeding, ECan, Lower Waitaki, Reports, Research, trapsFrom Ann-Kathrin Schlesselmann, Otago University After kick-starting the tern island project in the Lower Waitaki in October, we have now finished our monitoring for this breeding season. The aim of this project is to find alternative ways to improve the breeding success of black-fronted terns and other braided river birds by improving the breeding habitat […]
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Ashburton black-billed gulls update
Posted on January 26, 2016 by riveraid in Ashburton, bird survey, Black-billed gull, Breeding, pest weedsIn early October 2015, a group of hardy volunteers braced themselves against a wild nor’wester to clear an area near the SH1 bridge at Ashburton, so that critically endangered black-billed gulls might have a fighting chance to raise a few chicks. Around 3,000 birds had settled nearby, but invasive weeds including willows and lupins has […]
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