Remnant native forest near the south coast. Waituna, Southland, New Zealand. Tiny island of trees in a vast expanse of dairy farms ~by Liz 21 Feb 2021.
It’s beautiful but I too wish it was larger. I found myself looking at the idyllic names on street signs the other day and wondering whether they were all that was left of once wild places or whether they were just aspirations.
Hooray for that bit of native forest survival! The largest native forest stands I saw in New Zealand were in the southwestern part of the South Island.
There’s a special bush track (really low-key and easy to miss) in The Catlins where you can park at the side of the highway and then walk through beautiful forest for quite a way, and eventually you pop out to sand dunes and a beautiful long sandy beach – really idyllic!
Oh it is a shame. There are a few remnants larger than this but still small compared to what must’ve been before (may have been patchy though, even in the old days).
People think it is nice when a few trees are left untouched but in reality they are not of much benefit tot wildlife unless they are connected by corridors of them. Slowly but surely we are ruining the planet through our uncontrolled numbers that increase exponentially.
Absolutely! So many of us would like to be able to do something but it feels impossible. (Though perhaps we can help in small ways, in our own local areas.)
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It’s beautiful but I too wish it was larger. I found myself looking at the idyllic names on street signs the other day and wondering whether they were all that was left of once wild places or whether they were just aspirations.
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Yes. We’ve no shortage of street signs that refer to what *was* in a place.
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Hooray for that bit of native forest survival! The largest native forest stands I saw in New Zealand were in the southwestern part of the South Island.
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And I was thankful for being able to wander through Riccarton Bush in Christchurch.
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There’s a special bush track (really low-key and easy to miss) in The Catlins where you can park at the side of the highway and then walk through beautiful forest for quite a way, and eventually you pop out to sand dunes and a beautiful long sandy beach – really idyllic!
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If I ever make it back there, I’d gladly check out that idyllic place.
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It is indeed a rather sad remnant, but at least a few were left standing. May they propagate more in time.
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Well, it is nice the birds have somewhere to perch but a shame that much of the forest is gone…at least in my opinion.
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Oh it is a shame. There are a few remnants larger than this but still small compared to what must’ve been before (may have been patchy though, even in the old days).
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People think it is nice when a few trees are left untouched but in reality they are not of much benefit tot wildlife unless they are connected by corridors of them. Slowly but surely we are ruining the planet through our uncontrolled numbers that increase exponentially.
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It’s sad that at this point many of us know exactly what’s going on but are powerless to stop the ongoing habitat destruction!
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Absolutely! So many of us would like to be able to do something but it feels impossible. (Though perhaps we can help in small ways, in our own local areas.)
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