Welcome to the world little ones! We are delighted to let you know our adult pāteke/brown teal (who were only paired this year), recently had four ducklings hatch. The ducklings are now five weeks old and are being looked after by their parents. Once the ducklings have fledged (around three months old), they will head to Isaac Conservation & Wildlife Trust before being released to the wild. It is estimated less than 2,500 pāteke remain living in a wild state in New Zealand, making the species Ne

Estuaries—where salty seawater mixes with fresh water draining from the land—provide homes for fish and wildlife. In fact, most of the fish and shellfish we eat spend some or all of their lives in estuaries. The Chesapeake Bay (the largest estuary in the United States) produces a whopping 500 million pounds of seafood each year! From supporting millions of jobs, to filtering our water and protecting coasts from storms, to tourism, shipping, and more, estuary habitats do it all. This Estuaries We