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Launching the bird count trail
The Town Belt Bird Count is a trail of 10 signs threaded along the city green belt where you can help count birds.
Cuddling Kākāpo on Anchor Island
Our very own Catherine recently spent two weeks working with one of Aotearoa’s most fascinating native birds
City Sanctuary Dispatch | April 2022
Our monthly operational newsletter The City Sanctuary Dispatch aims to keep you up-to-date about project developments, provide seasonal trapping advice, and share stories from local trappers.
City Sanctuary Dispatch | March 2022
Read City Sanctuary's new monthly operational newsletter The City Sanctuary Dispatch.
Have you ever waxed a possum?
We’ve recently finished seasonal predator monitoring in the parks and reserves where we’re trapping.
Backyard Legends #4
Roger lives up in Māori Hill and has been trapping possums in his backyard for the past two years.
Backyard Legends #3
Ian shares how his neighbourhood is working together to create an urban sanctuary for native wildlife to flourish.
Tips for summer bird watching
What are Dunedin's birds doing over the summer? Mary Thompson shares some tips for summer bird watching in Otago.
Protecting Woodhaugh Gardens
Woodhaugh Gardens has a rich history as one of Dunedin’s oldest parks and is home to many treasured birds and plants.
Volunteer Legends: Jenn Shulzitski
City Sanctuary has a growing team of dedicated volunteers who give their time to help protect native wildlife in our city.
Volunteer Legends: Craig Dunlop
City Sanctuary has a growing team of dedicated volunteers who give their time to help protect native wildlife in our city.
Protecting the special Town Belt
The Town Belt is part of City Sanctuary’s reserve trapping network. The area has a rich natural history as a home for many precious native species.
Kids nail trap building workshop
More than 100 kids from around Dunedin recently took part in a trap building workshop at Mitre 10.
Rats evicted from student flats
The streets of North Dunedin are no longer safe for predators, with almost 90 student flats now trapping from their backyards.
Backyard Legends #2
Uni students Toby and Emma have been backyard trapping from their North Dunedin flat since the start of the year.
Spring has sprung in priority reserves
With Spring comes an opportunity to protect native wildlife and plants by setting up trap networks.
Caught on camera in North East Valley
RIP Stumpy. Sorry, but your nightly feasts on my kōwhai, silverbeet and cabbage seedlings had to stop.
Aquinas College students get stuck in
It has been a busy week of checking possum traps for students at Aquinas who recently established a trap line around their hall of residence.
First traps on the ground in Maori Hill
Residents attended City Sanctuary's first drop-in session in Maori Hill to get traps for their backyards.