Restoration area
The Cliff Strip
Five blocks along the harbour-facing cliff tops.
Nothing done on the ground here yet.
How far we have got
- Already carries cover
- 40%
- Planted by the project
- 0%
- Nothing yet — 2.2 ha of bare ground here.
The 5 surveyed blocks behind this place
Block 30.56 ha · steep · 21% already vegetated
Foot of spur, harbour side of track above loess cliffs
Block 40.49 ha · sloped - steep · 29% already vegetated
Foot of spur 2, harbour side of track other side of deep gully in loess cliffs
Block 60.68 ha · sloped - steep · 36% already vegetated
Steep harbour face of spur 2 below vehicle track
Block 71.09 ha · sloped - steep · 40% already vegetated
Strip below vehicle track along the cliff top to above penguin center
Block 80.78 ha · sloped - steep · 63% already vegetated
Strip next to 7 above steep face looking NE out to sea
Where we are now
A band along the harbour side: the feet of both spurs above the loess cliffs, the steep face of the second spur below the vehicle track, and the strip that runs along the cliff top above the blue penguin colony and round to the north-east.
What it becomes
Cover the length of the cliff top — salt- and wind-tolerant at the seaward edge, closing up behind the vehicle track.
Why it is in the plan
The strip above the penguin colony is the most sensitive ground in the project: the colony has its own planting programme immediately below it.
What needs to happen
0 of 1- Coordinate with the blue penguin colony’s own planting