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Tikitapu Scenic Reserve Pest Control December 2013

2/12/2013

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Spring has been a busy time in the reserve. The bait stations were filled with Pindone baits targeting rats and possums in mid September. All bait was taken by early November when the stations were refilled with Pindone and non toxic prefeed strikers nailed to trees at approximately 50m intervals along the bait lines. These strikers obviously caused a lot of interest and were removed, nibbled, munched and generally investigated. Two weeks later the remnants of the prefeed strikers were replaced with Feratox® (cyanide) strikers with the objective of cleaning up any remaining possums. We hope to also reduce the wallaby numbers with the strikers.

Any remaining strikers and Pindone will be removed in Mid December but caution is still required until any dead bodies have decomposed and the caution period of 4 months is over. At that stage the signs will be removed.


The final working bees were there on Sunday December 8th and Monday December 9th to clear all stations and remove remaining strikers.


Annual bird counts have been completed and results will be compiled. Rodent and marsupial monitoring was done in September prior to any baiting, repeated before the Pindone top up and will be done again after all bait is removed.



Our thanks to Doc and BoPRC for their support and guidance during the year. To the volunteers who have been involved during the year – our sincere thanks. There would be no project without you.

For further details about the project and how you may help, please contact:
Frances & James Blakely
07 362 8480
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