The Marsh Sandpiper stayed the winter and is still present on the Stilt Ponds. The SIPO have departed to the South Island, and the Wrybill are leaving slowly. Those that will attempt to breed should be gone in the next few weeks. The first of the returning Arctic Migrants have been recorded around New Zealand so its time to get out and look for flags!
Arctic Migrants
Bar-tailed Godwit 300
Red Knot 300
Turnstone 3
Golden Plover 2
Curlew Sandpiper 2
Marsh Sandpiper 1
New Zealand Species
Pied Oystercatcher 3000
Wrybill 1800
Banded Dotterel 120
NZ Dotterel
Variable Oystercatcher
Black-billed Gull
Red-billed Gull
White-fronted Tern hundreds
Caspian Tern
Pied Stilt
Royal Spoonbill
White Heron 2