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Free weapons for war on weeds
A community pest plant disposal bin is to be placed by Whangaparāoa Library.
Weapons in the fight against weeds are being made available for free community use at a new Pest Free Backyard Tool Library, which opens this weekend. The library, operated jointly by Restore Hibiscus & Bays and Pest Free Hibiscus Coast, has its first open day on Saturday, May 8, 1pm-4pm. It is located in a shipping container behind Whangaparāoa Community Hall. The library lends items such as handsaws and herbicide gels to assist with the removal of pest plants. In addition, pet-safe rat traps are being made available at the tool library as part of the Pest Free Hibiscus Coast project. Restore Hibiscus & Bays manager Rachael Randal says initially the tool library will be open “ad hoc” depending on demand, but anyone can make appointments with Restore Hibiscus & Bays to pick up tools and herbicides.
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Cycle of songBy: Richard Chambers That feeling of autumn freshness in the morning air has arrived. The cicadas have been singing loudly through February but have you wondered where the birds are? Remember that frantic bird activity and dawn chorus from August through to January?
Late summer is a resting time for birds as they moult their old feathers. Even the frantically energetic tui quietens down. Gone are the days of tuis waking in song at 4.30 in the morning and still calling at night after the morepork (ruru) is up and about.
Likewise the thrush stopped its dawn song around Christmas, and the blackbird followed suit in January. These birds can look a bit rough during the autumn moult as they lose feathers.
Wetland causes stink in Stanmore
BEFORE, 2018, Below, AFTER, 2021
A wetland created by Auckland Council three years ago on D’Oyly Reserve has fallen far short of what was promised, according to neighbours and park users, with some describing it online as “a rat-infested, weedy mess”.
By contrast, Hibiscus Coast Forest & Bird, which first pushed for the creation of the wetland 10 years ago, claims it is “a major environmental success story” – a view that a number of residents agree with, saying it might not be beautiful, but it has more beneficial life in it than mown grass.
The wetland, in Stanmore Bay, is the result of Council turning a piped stream into a more environmentally sustainable wetland. Previously the reserve was mown grass that got boggy in winter when a stormwater pipe frequently overflowed.
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