This report covers October and November 2025. Key points:
- A reserve-wide survey was conducted for both re-introduced bird species – pōpokotea/whitehead and toutouwai/North Island robin.
- In early October, the Robin Wranglers (led by Senior Ecologist Su Sinclair) located a toutouwai/North Island nest. The Wranglers monitored feeding activity for a few weeks before Tom FP set up a thermal camera.
- Last week, the Wranglers identified another nest. We are hoping to repeat the same monitoring using the thermal camera.
- In mid-October, BHCT rangers, NorthTec students/tutors and DOC surveyed the range-restricted population of pūpūharakeke/flax snails within the Bream Head/Te Whara Scenic Reserve (the Reserve).
- The ōi/grey-faced petrel breeding season is looking hopeful this spring with multiple chicks alive and well in the study site burrows.
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