Issues : The unique bird-life of Mangawhai needs ongoing protection through education, signage, dog and cat control. Encourage and support predator control programmes.
Ferry tern
Kiwi
Fernbird
Banded Rail
Bittern
Whitebait
Possums.
Cats
Dogs on beaches
Cattle in riparian areas and in bush
Some of the other living beings we share our environment with....
Mammals :
Humans, Cattle , Horses, Sheep, Goats, Dogs, Cats, Possums, Rats, Mice, Hedgehogs,
Dolphin, Orca
Birds : Red billed gulls, black backed gulls, Caspian Tern, White Fronted Tern, Ferry Tern, NZ Dotteral, Oystercatcher, Pied Stilt, Bittern, White-faced heron, White Heron, White Egret, Pelicans, Royal Spoonbills, Spur-winged plover, Swallow, Sparrow, Starling, Myna,
Tui, Keruru, Morepork, Whiteeye, Fantail, Grey Warbler, Fernbird
Reptiles : Skink, Gecko, Marine turtles, sea-snakes
Fish : Whitebait, Mullet, Kahawai , Parore, Maomao, Octopus, Sea horse, Snapper,Shark,
Crustaceans : Crabs, crayfish,
Molluscs : Garden snail, slug.
Pipi, Cockle, Rock Oyster, Periwinkles, Mussel, Barnacles,
Insects : Bees, Wasps, Ants, Termites, Mosquitoes, Blow-flies, Monarch butterfly, Cabbage-white butterfly, red-admiral butterfly,
Arachnids : Katipo spider, White-tail spider,