Today and tomorrow look dry and clear, and the maramataka indicates high energy, so what do we reckon #Ōtautahi? Good time to prune the apple and lemon trees?
Might hack back some camellia too. I don't want them forever, and I use the wood for the brazier and other bits.
We had Silent Hill weather in Ōtautahi this morning, but it’s clearing up nicely.
"Saturday 2 May & Sunday 3 May: 10am – 5pm
OPEN ACCESS – just turn up"
https://openchch.nz/buildings/otautahi-in-bricks-exhibition/
Omgggg, #Ōtautahi! Pierogi Joint has a bunch of treats available for cheap through the Foodprint app.
Their pecan butter tarts are delicious, and I imagine the apple pies are too.
I am too exhausted to make it today. Someone please buy them. And if you drop some off here I'll reimburse you 🥧
New Brighton Beach clean up this ANZAC Monday! Trumpet is giving free ice creams to volunteers 🍦
Register interest at the link, and repost for reach! 💜
https://sustainablecoastlines.org/event/new-brighton-clean-up-with-trumpet/
Sustainable Coastlines and Tip Top Trumpet invite you to come along to New Brighton, Christchurch this ANZAC Day public holiday, Monday 27th April, for an awesome beach clean-up of this stunning coastline. So don’t be shy — grab your whānau and mates and give back to our beautiful moana. We’ll start from 10am, heading onto the beach for the clean-up, then end with Trumpet ice creams on us.
My day today included *two* puddle bathing piwakawaka, NZ fantails, at two separate city reserves.
It's getting a bit dry in the city and small puddles are getting popular.
Meep Meep!
https://www.inaturalist.nz/observations/350755648
https://www.inaturalist.nz/observations/350755647
Autumn clean-up tomorrow at Opawa Community Gardens, if anyone wants to go. 10-12pm. #Otautahi #Christchurch
After recent media stories about butterfly declines in New Zealand, centred around one transect in Nelson, it's heartening to see in Stacey Lewthwaite's graphs that kahukura and monarch butterflies have not declined around Christchurch. That's in the last two decades along my 78 km of transects.
#EcologicalMonitoring #butterflies #Ōtautahi #Christchurch #NZ
On Sunday 26 April, I'll be leading another nature walk in Ōtautahi-Christchurch, this time from the Sign of the Takahe to the Botanic Gardens. That's part of the four-day City Nature Challenge.
It's a terrific walk designed to take us through many of the city's nature filled nooks and crannies.
Again, all welcome. We leave from the Sign of the Takahe (by the bus stop for the No 1 Cashmere bus) at 9:45 am.
If you don't have the time to commit to the full walk, you can join us for the first part walking to the South Library, or from the South Library to the Art Gallery, or for the final stint from the Art Gallery to the Botanic Gardens.
Below are some photos from the previous two years we've done this walk.
https://ccc.govt.nz/news-and-events/whats-on/event/takahe-to-taone-hikoi-2
#CityNatureChallenge #Ōtautahi #Christchurch #NZ #NatureWalk #iNaturalistNZ
Angela
Carey
Marsden
Jon Sullivan
Mark Darbyshire🌱🏳️🌈