Monitoring Programmes

Motuihe Island / Te Motu-a-Ihenga

There are populations of many translocated and self-establishing species that visitors to Motuihe Island are keen to know about. It is useful for future management decisions to have some accurate data on the population dynamics of a number of species. For the baseline monitoring programme, 40 monitoring stations were initially set up over the island and our expert ecologist, Matt Baber, designed the protocol for many enthusiastic volunteers to carry out: 5-minute bird counts, invertebrate monitoring, and vegetation monitoring.

Monitoring programmes are being undertaken for the species below looking at breeding success, population health, increasing public awareness, habitat growth or decline and threats.