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Eleven bird species were recorded in an apple orchard at the Levin Horticultural Research Centre (HRC). Observations showed that only blackbirds and starlings damaged growing apples. Other species which fed on fallen or previously damaged fruit were goldfinch, greenfinch, house sparrow and silvereye. Birds inhabiting the orchard, but not feeding on apples, were chaffinch, fantail, hedge sparrow, song thrush and white-backed magpie.