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Oyster Island location and what it was like before Nov. 2007 (logging)
Picture

2008
A list of the plants we found along the transect (March 2008)

Lots of grass and a little bit of the following...
Nightshade 
Iceplant  
Bracken  
Blackberry  
Ngaio  
Akeake  
Tree lucerne 

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)

Common = in every section, at least 25%
Scattered = in some sections, up to 10 plants
​Scarce = not in many sections, less than 5 plants


Grass full cover+
Nightshade nil 
Iceplant nil
Bracken common 
Blackberry nil 
Ngaio scarce 
Akeake scarce 
Tree lucerne common





2010
A list of the plants we found along the transect (Sept 2010)
Common = in every section, at least 25% 
Scattered= in some sections, up to 10 plants 
​Scarce = not in many sections, less than 5 plants

Grass scattered
Nightshade nil 
Iceplant nil
Bracken scattered
Blackberry nil 
Ngaio scarce 
Akeake scarce 
Tree lucerne common+/full cover



2011
A list of the plants we found along the transect (Aug 2011)
Common = in every section, at least 25% 
Scattered= in some sections, up to 10 plants 
​Scarce = not in many sections, less than 5 plants

Grass scattered
Nightshade nil 
Iceplant nil
Bracken scattered
Blackberry nil 
Ngaio scarce 
Akeake scarce 
Tree lucerne common+/full cover/dominant


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)
Common = in every section, at least 25% 
Scattered= in some sections, up to 10 plants 
​Scarce = not in many sections, less than 5 plants

Grass scattered
Nightshade nil 
Iceplant nil
Bracken scattered
Blackberry nil 
Ngaio scarce 
Akeake scarce 
Tree lucerne common+/full cover/dominant




2013 March

August 2013
lots of native birds heard on the island this trip!


February 2014
a few native birds heard on the island this trip!
Looking cool under the tree lucerne.... 

August 2014
We heard a bellbird!!!!
September 2015
We heard lots of birds, chirping away most of the time

Feb 2016
​Lots of birds and cicadas
August 2016
lots of birds including a tui
Picture


​March 2017

July 2017
Feb 2018

What has happened to site 1.... its ruined :(         
www.stuff.co.nz/national/101071536
We are having to start all over

August 2018