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Birding/ twitching with Driftwood on our wetland and river, Marlborough, NZ

will — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 00:36:28 +0000

Dryland Kayak tour to Cloudy bay and White bluffs

will — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 07:45:08 +0000

Yesterday we had to abort our freshwater kayak tour due to very strong gusty winds so offered a 4wd option to the White bluffs. We had a great time bird watching, taking photographs, searching for fungi and my clients helped me pick up some beach rubbish of bottles, flipper, nylon fishing line, old rope, buckets and balers etc. It was very rewarding to have clients who appreciated a clean beach environment and on our return I was able to recycle most of it.

We were nicely rewarded with a unusual sunset indicating the possibility of rain the following day. All in all this was a ecotour where we cleaned up a little patch of Marlborough with my friends from USA.

Marlborough Kiwi Conservation club

will — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 07:41:19 +0000

On Sunday I had the privilege to show members of the Kiwi Conservation club a little of the Wairau lagoon and river environment. It was great fun with some interesting questions and knowledgeable young conservationists. This was a first for Driftwood Ecotours taking a club with very similar interests to ourselves and most enjoyable. By way of agreement they made a donation me which will be used to fund trees on our covenanted Queen Elizabeth trust wetland.

Nic Dillon well known local bird artist enjoys the Wairau environment.

will — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 19:59:05 +0000

Perfect conditions, low flat light cloudy and so calm. The tide was out and so the waders were active feeding the muddy shore line for insects, worms, eels, snails and crabs.

This morning I have a visit from the representative of the Queen Elizabeth trust coming to discuss improvements to our covenanted wetland.

Reflections, Artic waders and one satisfied German.

will — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 08:02:25 +0000

One satisfied German nature lover.

It was one wild southerly day; wet and windy yet very rewarding for my friendly client and Will of Driftwood Ecotours. We went to see if any more arctic waders had arrived which they probably had but self preservation and common sense prevailed and we returned as quickly as we arrived!! Saw one flagged bird briefly I think orange over yellow but will confirm in better conditions. Had the privilege of seeing a white heron at our departure point.

yesterday was a much calmer day and one of reflections on and off the water. Our environment is always under threat and I ‘m constantly picking up rubbish on the river and wondering why people dump all sorts of trash into the river. However I never dwell on it for too long as it makes one negative and I just enjoy the reflections and birds this river constantly provides.