The thousandth plant, and a pair of grey warblers
A working bee cut short by wind still passed a thousand plants for the year — and a pair of riroriro were found nesting beside the path, in a weed.
By Trish Shirley
The working bee on 23 August was abandoned early when the weather turned, but not before 94 plants went in — and with them the thousandth plant of the year.
The nominal 1,000th plant was revealed, and crunchy bars and a chocolate block were handed out.
Two days later the mid-week team put in another 70. There are eight of them now, planting during the week alongside the weekend working bees.
Riroriro
A pair of grey warblers were nesting in the flowering currant beside the path down from Lookout Point.
They are our second smallest native bird. Quite a bit smaller than a sparrow, and mostly grey, but with four white spots under each wing. They are easy to recognise by their flight pattern, and also their very distinctive song.
The flowering currant is a weed, and one the project is working to remove.