Hanley’s Farm Predator Free
Hanley’s Farm Predator Free is a group of passionate locals who volunteer their time to reduce the number of invasive predators, in order to protect and support our native wildlife. Scroll down to find out more about our work and why we do it…
Our trapping network
Hanley’s Farm Predator Free manage over 40 traps that encircle the north and western ends of Hanley’s Farm, spaced at roughly 100 metre intervals.
These traps are checked and maintained by our volunteers on a weekly basis. The traps we use are DOC200s, which are NAWAC approved, humane kill traps.
Why we trap
New Zealand is home to many rare and unique species that have evolved over millenia in a landscape completely free of mammalian predators.
This all changed with the arrival of humans, who brought with them rats, mice, possums, weasels, stoats, ferrets, hedgehogs and cats, all of which have decimated native wildlife populations. At least 16 bird species have gone extinct in New Zealand since 1800. We trap in order to save our existing native wildlife.
“Stoats are implicated in the extinction of the South Island subspecies of bush wren, laughing owl and New Zealand thrush.”
Hanley’s Farm Wildlife
The main reason we do what we do, is to protect the birds and lizards that also call Hanley’s Farm home. Due to the surrounding countryside, native planting and nearby lakes, a wide variety of native and introduced bird life can be spotted here.
You can report what you see by signing up to eBird. Native skinks can also be found amongst the rocks around Hanley’s Farm and Jack’s Point.
Grey warbler
Silvereye
Tui
NZ falcon
Swamp harrier
Paradise shelduck
Australasian shoveler
NZ scaup
Grey teal
Mallard
Pukeko
Australian coot
Pied stilt
Spur-winged plover
Black swan
White-faced heron
Little shag
Welcome swallow
Redpoll
Goldfinch
Greenfinch
Yellowhammer
Chaffinch
Sparrow
Dunnoch
NZ pipit
Skylark
Blackbird
Song thrush
Starling
Australian Magpie
Our partners
We would not be able to carry out our work without the support from our generous partners. Many thanks to the following organisations:
