Natural environment

The Estuary – Where Our River Meets The Sea book

This 137-page book is full of colour photographs, black and white illustrations and plans.

Chapters include:

• A sense of time and place – historic perspective of Christchurch estuaries
• As it was – early Maori and European settlement
• Ecology of the Avon/Heathcote Estuary
• Birds of the Estuary
• Ecology and bird life of Brooklands Lagoon
• The effects of urbanisation and recreation

Available on loan through all public libraries.