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There's plenty to see and do at the estuary.
The estuary walkway provides beautiful views, and there are signs along the way providing information about some of the birds you might see.
There is a lot of interesting wildlife at the estuary. As well as birds, the estuary is also home to some interesting plants and is an important habitat for native fish.
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The Manawatū Estuary Trust enjoys giving people the opportunity to learn more about this amazing environ
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Beetles
This page is under contruction and will be continually up-dated with additional information added as it becomes available.
A checklist of species recorded from the area is included here. Information is basic and continually updated with links given by the usual method to a wealth of additional information. Headings and columns A and B are locked, so are always visible. Web address links are edited to fit within the static species columns. List can be downloaded, and additions added for personal use be "save as". These will not be saved to web.

Broun"s Sand Beetle Lagrioda brouni
Endemic. Not assessed.
Very little is known about this reasonably common species of beetle.
It is mainly associated with driftwood, being found either beneath it or in inside crevices.
Mainly observed either as solitary individuals, small groups or, on occasions, congregating in groups of a dozen or so.
iNaturalist-Broun's Sand Beetle
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