Английская Википедия:Bushy Park (New Zealand)
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Bushy Park is a forest located on the west coast of the North Island of New Zealand, at 791 Rangitatau East Road, Шаблон:Convert from Kai Iwi, Whanganui, Manawatū-Whanganui region. It features an Edwardian-era homestead, which is a Category I heritage building registered with Heritage New Zealand, a predator-free native bird sanctuary, and a virgin rainforest.[1] It measures approximately Шаблон:Convert,[2] and is characterized as a "lowland remnant of rata-podocarp taka-puketea [sic] rainforest".[3] According to Forest & Bird, Bushy Park is considered to be amongst the 25 best restoration ecology projects in Australia and New Zealand.[4]
History
Шаблон:Further The 22-room Edwardian homestead, designed by Charles Tilleard Natusch, includes a Шаблон:Convert long, Шаблон:Convert-wide hall that runs the length of the residence, as well as wood panelling, carved mantels, and art deco lights.[5] Built by Russell and Bignell in 1906 at a cost of £4,566 for G. Frank Moore, a cattle and racehorse breeder, the residence and park were given to the Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society of New Zealand by Moore in 1962.[6]
The homestead, bird sanctuary, and rain forest have been managed by Bushy Park Homestead and Forest Trust[7] since 1994.[8] The Bushy Park Festival, an annual event on the Sunday of Wellington Anniversary weekend, is the major fundraising event for the trust.[9]
During the period of 2004 to 2005, a Шаблон:Convert pest-exclusion fence was built around the park and two aerial drops of rodent bait occurred later in 2005.[6] The opening of Bushy Park’s kiwi creche, also in 2005, was marked by the arrival of a female kiwi chick from the Waimarino Forest.[3]
Flora and fauna
A network of ten[4] forest paths traverse the forest reserve that includes mahoe, mamaku, pukatea, rātā, and rimu along with colonies of ferns and mosses.[5] A feature of the reserve is a large northern rātā Metrosideros robusta named Ratanui ("Big Rata"). It is estimated to be between 500 and 1000 years old. It is Шаблон:Convert in height while its girth exceeds Шаблон:Convert,[2] and has been severely damaged by possums.[3]
Avifauna species include korimako, kererū, toutouwai, tīeke, and tūī,[6] as well as the kārearea, pīwakawaka, riroriro, mallard, pūkeko, tauhou, and matuku moana.[4]
In May 2022, a flock of 52 whiteheads (pōpokotea) were translocated from Waitahinga Reserve to Bushy Park.[10]
Giraffe weevils, glowworms, and huhu beetles also inhabit Bushy Park.[4]
References
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- Forests of New Zealand
- Wildlife sanctuaries of New Zealand
- Nature reserves in New Zealand
- Rainforests
- Bird sanctuaries
- Whanganui District
- Protected areas of Manawatū-Whanganui
- Forest reserves
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