Oyster Island location and what it was like before Nov. 2007 (logging)
2008
A list of the plants we found along the transect (March 2008)
Grass common
Nightshade scarce
Iceplant scarce
Bracken scarce
Blackberry scarce
Ngaio scarce
Akeake scarce
Tree lucerne occasional
Common = in every section, at least 25% Occasional = in some sections, up to 10 plants Scarce = not in many sections, less than 5 plants
A list of the birds we saw: Seagull, Oystercatcher, Godwits, Herons, Shag, Blackback gull, Stilts, Fantail (v. few)
[very few birds inland, almost all were shore birds]
A list of the plants we found along the transect (March 2008)
Grass common
Nightshade scarce
Iceplant scarce
Bracken scarce
Blackberry scarce
Ngaio scarce
Akeake scarce
Tree lucerne occasional
Common = in every section, at least 25% Occasional = in some sections, up to 10 plants Scarce = not in many sections, less than 5 plants
A list of the birds we saw: Seagull, Oystercatcher, Godwits, Herons, Shag, Blackback gull, Stilts, Fantail (v. few)
[very few birds inland, almost all were shore birds]
2009
A list of the plants we found along the transect (March 2009)
Grass full cover+
Nightshade nil
Iceplant nil
Bracken common
Blackberry nil
Ngaio scarce
Akeake scarce
Tree lucerne common
Common = in every section, at least 25% Occasional = in some sections, up to 10 plants Scarce = not in many sections, less than 5 plants
A list of the plants we found along the transect (March 2009)
Grass full cover+
Nightshade nil
Iceplant nil
Bracken common
Blackberry nil
Ngaio scarce
Akeake scarce
Tree lucerne common
Common = in every section, at least 25% Occasional = in some sections, up to 10 plants Scarce = not in many sections, less than 5 plants
2010
A list of the plants we found along the transect (Sept 2010)
Grass scattered
Nightshade nil
Iceplant nil
Bracken scattered
Blackberry nil
Ngaio scarce
Akeake scarce
Tree lucerne common+/full cover
Common = in every section, at least 25% Occasional = in some sections, up to 10 plants Scarce = not in many sections, less than 5 plants
A list of the plants we found along the transect (Sept 2010)
Grass scattered
Nightshade nil
Iceplant nil
Bracken scattered
Blackberry nil
Ngaio scarce
Akeake scarce
Tree lucerne common+/full cover
Common = in every section, at least 25% Occasional = in some sections, up to 10 plants Scarce = not in many sections, less than 5 plants
2011
A list of the plants we found along the transect (Aug 2011)
Grass scattered
Nightshade nil
Iceplant nil
Bracken scattered
Blackberry nil
Ngaio scarce
Akeake scarce
Tree lucerne common+/full cover/dominant
Common = in every section, at least 25% Occasional = in some sections, up to 10 plants Scarce = not in many sections, less than 5 plants
How does tree lucerne effect the environment? (in the first pic one looks cool, three look like they are suffering from heat stress!)
So what? (hint: it is an introduced plant, like the pines, but it has been allowed/encouraged to grow)
A list of the plants we found along the transect (Aug 2011)
Grass scattered
Nightshade nil
Iceplant nil
Bracken scattered
Blackberry nil
Ngaio scarce
Akeake scarce
Tree lucerne common+/full cover/dominant
Common = in every section, at least 25% Occasional = in some sections, up to 10 plants Scarce = not in many sections, less than 5 plants
How does tree lucerne effect the environment? (in the first pic one looks cool, three look like they are suffering from heat stress!)
So what? (hint: it is an introduced plant, like the pines, but it has been allowed/encouraged to grow)
2012
A list of the plants we found along the transect (March 2012)
Grass scattered
Nightshade nil
Iceplant nil
Bracken scattered
Blackberry nil
Ngaio scarce
Akeake scarce
Tree lucerne common+/full cover/dominant
Common = in every section, at least 25% Occasional = in some sections, up to 10 plants Scarce = not in many sections, less than 5 plants
A list of the plants we found along the transect (March 2012)
Grass scattered
Nightshade nil
Iceplant nil
Bracken scattered
Blackberry nil
Ngaio scarce
Akeake scarce
Tree lucerne common+/full cover/dominant
Common = in every section, at least 25% Occasional = in some sections, up to 10 plants Scarce = not in many sections, less than 5 plants
2013 March
August 2013
lots of native birds heard on the island this trip!
lots of native birds heard on the island this trip!
February 2014
a few native birds heard on the island this trip!
a few native birds heard on the island this trip!
Looking cool under the tree lucerne....
August 2014
We heard a bellbird!!!!
We heard a bellbird!!!!
September 2015
We heard lots of birds, chirping away most of the time
We heard lots of birds, chirping away most of the time
Feb 2016
Lots of birds and cicadas
Lots of birds and cicadas
August 2016
lots of birds including a tui
lots of birds including a tui
March 2017
July 2017
Feb 2018
