News & Tips
A Beginners Guide to Keeping Backyard Ducks
October 05, 2022
Whether they’re a welcome wild visitor or a fine flock kept for eggs and breeding, ducks are a pleasant addition to any backyard, lifestyle block or farm. For feeding backyard ducks, a good supplementary feed really is all it’s quacked up to be.
Good Egg: The Gemmells Crossing Society
August 11, 2022
In 2013, a community of crib owners at Gemmells Crossing banded together to replant and restore their special spot on the Kakanui River. The outcome? A thunderous symphony of birdsong that quite literally silenced the room during a recent AGM.
5+ a day?
July 22, 2022
With high levels of energy, nutrients and water content, fruit is an excellent food to keep hungry birds flying, foraging and flocking. However, when helping your backyard visitors with fruity snacks, it is important to consider the types of fruit you are feeding and how you’re feeding them.
We’re all a-twitter over the findings from the 2021 NZ Garden Bird Survey!
June 22, 2022
Who’s dropping by for a winter feed?
June 01, 2022
Waking up to a chorus of bird song is one of the great delights of living in Aotearoa. But can you differentiate the chime of a korimako (bellbird) from the tūī in that kōwhai tree?
Living the little lake life
January 28, 2021
Waiting in the wings…
June 28, 2019
Introducing our new bird feeders
March 23, 2018
Taking care of the local birds is a great way to keep pets (without really keeping them). Forget vet bills, hair on the couch, hours of grooming, disgruntled neighbours, terrified mailmen etc. Instead simply enjoy all the antics, character and beauty from the comfort of a deck or garden chair.