Gone to the birds
Carrington Resort located in Carrington Farms offers luxury accommodation, a tournament standard golf course, an Angus stud farm, one of Northland’s largest plantings of grapes and a restored wetland and thriving breeding zone for birds.
Paul Kelly who owns the development, has worked hard to improve its environment for the better. They are also committed to maintaining the natural environmentally-sensitive settings which are part of their 3500 acre property, including an extensive restoration of the wetlands area which is being planted with native trees and bushes, and preservation of the extensive beach property. Carrington Farms owns 4 kilometres of Karikari Beach, considered one of the most beautiful beaches in New Zealand. The powdery white sand is highlighted by spectacular dunes, some 50 feet high.
Carrington Farms is actively involved in programmes designed to ecologically preserve the beach and wetlands and to enhance the bird life of both the dune and wetlands areas. The restored wetlands is one of the largest privately owned areas of its type and is home to thousands of birds from nine species with 38 nesting sites identified in 1999. This unique part of Northland provides serious birdwatchers with a unique locale for observing both land and sea birdlife and the success of the project has seen birds return to the area in droves.
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