Encounter Solutions Ltd

10/09/2026

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We shouldn't forget the psychological effect of the H5 Bird Flu on teams who manage and protect our precious taonga (native or endemic) species. Below a recent update from the team on Kangaroo Island. https://lnkd.in/p/g2A4MFzt

04/09/2026

04/09/2026

Don't forget to vote! Tough choice as there are some fantastic candidates!

04/09/2026

Excellent news, we play a small role in this success story by saving the Bounce Back teams time. The Celium network is installed on their live capture cage traps.

01/09/2026

Think your comms environment is interesting? Ours includes tropical jungles, deserts, alpine peaks, construction sites, and heavy industry.

Extreme for most. Just another day for Celium™.

That’s what it means to build for places where the environment is anything but ordinary.

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Department of Conservation Parks Australia Aspiring Biodiversity Trust

25/08/2026

So in December 2024 we posted that the hub up at Treble Cone Ski Field was having a bit of a hard life. Well it has had another mishap, this time with the post it is attached to coming out of the ground.
The team Forest & Bird haven't been able to get to it due to heavy snow, but we're hopeful nothing has gone amiss with the Hub and it just needs to be stood back up again. Will keep you posted! Pun intended!

24/08/2026

Nice to see this initiative, especially like the phrase 'pop up wetland'

Some California farmers are turning harvested fields into temporary wetlands, creating much-needed resting places for migrating birds at exactly the right time. 🌾🦆

Programs such as The Nature Conservancy’s BirdReturns work with farmers in California’s Central Valley to briefly flood agricultural fields during peak migration periods. The flooded fields create shallow-water habitat where shorebirds and other migratory species can rest and feed while traveling along the Pacific Flyway. Instead of permanently converting farmland, the approach uses fields for wildlife only during short windows when crops are not growing and natural wetlands are limited. Researchers have found that these carefully timed “pop-up wetlands” can attract large numbers of birds and help fill important habitat gaps across heavily farmed landscapes. The idea shows how agriculture and conservation can sometimes share the same land by using it differently at different times of the year.



References:

The Nature Conservancy: BirdReturns, Creating Pop-Up Wetlands for Migratory Birds.

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Dynamic Conservation for Migratory Species.

Audubon California: Working Lands Provide Critical Habitat for Migratory Birds.

20/08/2026

Following on from the Owhango Alive post last week, I asked the team there to do a deep dive on the outcomes of using Celium™, and the infographic below does a great job of documenting what they found.
Between the work that Owhango Alive and the Department of Conservation Tongariro team are doing to remove threats and support endangered endemic species like whio/blue duck, toutouwai/North Island robin, kārearea/falcon, pōpokotea/whitehead, and weweia/dabchick, these species are now returning to the forests and rivers around Owhango. 🙌
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12/08/2026

Wonderful opportunity.

11/08/2026

What does steady trapping pressure add up to over a single winter stretch? In Routeburn Dart Wildlife Trust's latest 3-month run, it meant 73 feral cats removed from the area.

But the real story is in the detail.

31 of those were female cats — 18 adults and 13 juveniles. That matters more than you might think. A single feral female can produce 2–3 litters per year on average — and in ideal conditions, up to 5 litters, each with 4–6 kittens. That's potentially 30 kittens per female, per year.

Removing breeding females doesn't just cut numbers today. It stops the next wave before it starts.

The Dart and Rees Rivers above Glenorchy are critical habitat for endangered braided river birds — and this trust is doing exceptional work to protect them. Of their 600 traps in the field, only 50 have Celium monitoring. Expanding that coverage could make a significant difference.

If you'd like to help fund their work, reach out to the Routeburn Dart Wildlife Trust via the link below. Every contribution supports boots-on-the-ground conservation that's actually moving the needle. 🙏

www.rdwt.org

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