KEEPING THE SHELL BANKS SAFE FOR BIRDS.
It was so good to meet the students' teachers and helpers from Hauraki school at the shell banks of Shoal Bay this morning.
What a fantastic job they did of picking up tiny fragments of plastic and fishing line that can be a real problem to the birds that live and visit the estuary and those that attempt to nest here.
I was so pleased to be able to share some information about the birds and we did see a South Island pied oystercatcher through my telescope.
Thank you to all the teaching staff who organised this including RTH and Theo, the Auckland Council Ranger who came along to hand out gloves and help with the clean-up. Most appreciated.