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Some of our latest projects and photos.

Grey-faced petrel in an artificial burrow, Patsy Matthews and Graeme Coppin feeding a chick at Longbush Reserve

Graeme returning a chick to its burrow and Patsy with a very healthy young Chick at Te Kuri a Paoa. Extirpated from this site by 1930 they

have returned and 82 years later; once again breed succesfully at Te Kuri a Paoa.

Fiji Petrel Detection Dog Expedition

The Fiji petrel search team, Steve, Ngalo, Pene Kacau, Eleazar O'Conor and Nicholas Carlille with 'Tar' and 'Bob'

Right - Eli and Steve on a break -middle of Gau Island, very wet but warm rain forest.

Hawaiian Petrel Search Expedition

Dogs in their transport boxes at Honolulu IA en route to Maui, Maddie cooling down during the Hawaiian petrel dog search in

Maui, Mt Haleakala National Park main Crater , below Greg Spencer and Steve discussing the next move and Jo and Maddie

searching for petrel burrows at Makamaka'ole (pics courtesy of Jo Simm).

Fluttering shearwaters are now regular visitors at Te Kuri a Paoa, they have been attracted using sound attraction and

artificial burrows. Also our latest predator proof fence, constructed in Gisborne to house Grey faced petrel chicks as part

of the Longbush Eco Sanctuary Project (www.longbushreserve.org). Constructed by Vance Gardiner and Graeme Coppin who

have done an amazing job.

Lifting fencing gear onsite at Longbush, Vance's excellent entry door design and Graeme investigates a retaining wall below the new enclosure.

  Over 400 gannets are now visiting  Te Kuri a Paoa (Nick's Head) gannet colony,   16 chicks (below) were counted on the 9th Dec 2011 with more located

down the slope (pics courtesy Graeme Coppin). Some of the fibreglass decoys can be seen in shot, slightly larger than live birds.

Patsy Matthews recently visited Nga Manu Sanctuary to assist with the juvenile tuatara dig. 

Patsy had an amazing time and met a great group of people.