The council has been draining the lagoons to get rid of the weeds that have tended to take over.

Laurence was standing on the little steel bridge at the Northern Waimanu lagoon admiring the pied shags in their tree

The royal spoonbills in the above photographs have flown in from somewhere, maybe from Kapiti Island, where some nest.

Moira my wife has made friends with two red-billed gulls. They sit side by side on our bird feeder during most of the day, waiting to be fed.

Sandra Patton our Ward Councilor was MC, and told the eulogy written by Sherry Brown-Ryther
“Love from San Francisco”. I

Waikanae Primary School Children planting out most of the plants they propagated themselves, from their school shade house.

This large wild black swan made a mistake by powering down and landing in Loma’s pool.

Looks like there may be some fish in that neat little pond — ‘Darn-it’there’s something not quite right here — at least I can see my reflection in the water.

The eastern rosella is an Australian import. They have been bred in
aviaries throughout the country and released into the wild over time.

If you look closely at the cygnets in the above photograph you can see how they are maturing. Notice how black their necks have become.