Kahu Conservation

17/05/2025

A wonderful meaningful message from the Wingspan Birds of Prey Trust gurus. Please just give them some time to move :)

The kāhu is a majestic and iconic feature of the New Zealand landscape, often seen hitching a ride on a rising thermal and circling up high, or perched on a rural fence post, sharp eyes searching and keen ears listening for the presence of an unsuspecting rat or rabbit.

Sadly, the coming months will prove tough for our kāhu. As live prey becomes harder to come by, harriers will resort to eating carrion more and more and you will often find them feeding on roadkill. Each year Wingspan receives an influx of harriers injured, often critically, by vehicle strike.

What you can do to help:
🪶 Keep your eyes peeled for harriers when driving
🪶 Slow down on corners
🪶 Pull over when it's safe to do so and drag roadkill off the road

Let's be kaitiaki for our kāhu! ❤

Kāhu | Australasian harrier | swamp harrier | hawk
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04/03/2025

We have had our busiest season yet, with lots of wonderful outcomes and birds back where they should be, in the wild. However it's taken its toll on us financially as we are completely self funded. We understand life is crazy expensive right now, but if you feel happy to help out with whatever you are comfortable with, it would be greatly appreciated. ❤️🦉 🦅

Helping our New Zealand Birds of Prey

01/03/2025

Just wanted to extend a massive THANK YOU to Waimauku Village Pharmacy & Waimauku Pharmacy Silver Fern, for helping us with medical supplies over the last several years. Without which, we simply wouldn't be able to provide the level of care we are so proud of. There's a lot of native raptors out there because of your generosity ❤️ 🦉