seedling in manuka litter
with rawirinui emerging into this dense manuka canopy - the current result of passive restoration of wild native forest c. 20-25 years since cessation of mowing and spraying in a c. 100m x c.10m strip.
This area of forest floor has in 2018-2020 been hand weeded since 2018 of dense Watsonia meriana and Aristea ecklonii
Had pleasant scented, pepper minty leaves.
There was a large group of al least 18 Cattle Egrets scattered throughout a dairy cattle herd.
A couple or so of the egrets had a little bit of orange around their heads and necks.
Leaf mines and pupae in leaf of Capeweed (Arctotheca calendula). Photo 1 shows mines on upper surface of leaf; other photos show pupae on the lower surface. Length of pupa 2.5 mm.