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The long-tailed bat is the first mammal to go up against a strong field of native birds in the country's Bird of the Year competition, and its inclusion has ruffled a few feathers.
The long-tailed bat is the first mammal to go up against a strong field of native birds in the country's Bird of the Year competition, and its inclusion has ruffled a few feathers.
JOHN BISSET/Stuff Ines Stager of the Talbot Forest Working Group, pictured at the site of the new NPD station in Geraldine, is pleased the company is working to mitigate the impact of its lighting on a nearby colony of bats. A fuel company is going into bat for the well-being of a critically-endangered species that will soon have to fly over its new 24-hour service station in South Canterbury. The NPD service station site in Geraldine sits directly in the flight path taken at night by a colony of critically endangered long-tailed bats living in nearby Talbot Forest. The bats fly overhead to ...
Some 115 species of bird had been spotted at the estuary, including rare and critically endangered birds. Steve Attwood/Supplied The Ashley-Rakahuri is home to many endangered bird species, including the world’s most endangered gull, the black-billed gull. “The estuary is regularly visited by kakī (black-stilt), the rarest wading bird in the world, and it is a major feeding site outside breeding season for tarāpuka (black-billed gull), the world’s most endangered gull.” While it was a permanent home for many bird species, others used the estuary as a seasonal stop-over, such as t...
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Geraldine artist John Badcock's insider guide to South Canterbury 23 Jan, 2021 06:00 PM 3 minutes to read The Vicarage Geraldine with Barkers Eatery to the rear - luxury accommodation incorporating the history of the building and celebrating the past vicars and their families. Photo / Supplied NZ Herald Geraldine artist John Badcock shares his top tips for visiting this South Canterbury town. Geraldine gets its charm from the mountains, rivers, forest and art. It is a small, quaint town within the Canterbury Plains, surrounded by braided rivers. It is a special place to visit because of its ...