A 2017 bird report by Wellington City Council today revealed that tui, kaka and kakariki numbers have all increased significantly in Wellington Reserves since 2011, and there has been no decrease detected for any other species. These figures suggest that the presence of Zealandia, and the increase in… Read more
Posted: 7 December 2017
A group of Wellingtonians are making one of the city’s most-visited places a haven for wildlife. In just over a year, the Mt Victoria Vermin Trappers have caught 1000 pests, including nine weasels and dozens of rats. The area is the most-visited part of Wellington’s town belt, with more people walking… Read more
Posted: 4 December 2017
Wellington City Council and Greater Wellington Regional Council have been working to understand what the populations of our native bird life is like in Wellington, and the results are promising! Five-minute bird counts … Between 2011 and 2016 ‘five-minute bird counts’ were carried out at 100 bird count… Read more
Posted: 13 September 2017
We know they’re out there somewhere but the rat population of Miramar is proving particularly elusive, or perhaps just plain camera shy. That’s what Predator Free Wellington found recently when they set up ‘Operation Ratcam’ to identify where rats in Miramar gather and feed. Predator Free Wellington is an… Read more
Posted: 7 September 2017
The vision for Wellington to become the first predator free capital city in the world is one step closer, with 84% of Wellingtonians supportive of ridding the city of rats, stoats, weasels and possums. Predator Free Wellington is an ambitious project which aims to increase native wildlife by making… Read more
Posted: 5 July 2017