The FLOCK is a bit like an iceberg. You can’t see how big it is. 90% of the Flock isn’t under water but it is under construction! It is hard to imagine just how great it will look when all
CONSERVATION WEEK AND FLOCK HAPPENINGS
Conservation Week has seen lots of FLOCK activity throughout the country. On 6th September, World Shorebird Day, years 3 and 4 from Te Puke Primary School had a great day at Newdick’s Beach. They went with Karen to plant their
THE FLOCK IS GROWING
Each week we are having to up our estimate of the number of birds in THE FLOCK. In fact finding a place to store them all between FLOCK appearances is becoming a bit of a problem. They have taken over
A HUGE THANKS TO RESENE!
It is heartwarming when a big national company says “WE would like to support the FLOCK in its approach to shorebird conservation”. You don’t have to look too closely to see that new FLOCK members are getting the benefit of
THE FLOCK CROSSES THE TASMAN
Very soon children along the Adelaide coast of Australia will start to make their own “Flock” of shorebirds. It will be called “Flock Oz”We share some birds with them and Tony Flaherty, the co-ordinator, is adding some species we don’t
BUDDING YOUNG CONSERVATIONISTS
We are just one week into the school holiday programme at Pukorokoro Miranda Shorebird Centre. Each weekday children and their care givers have spent a couple of productive hours learning about our birds. They have listened to stories of the
THE FLOCK VISITS OROPI
This week Jim Eagles went on a journey to Oropi in the Bay of Plenty. With him went “The Flock” from Pukorokoro Miranda Shorebird Centre. Jim’s daughter, Alex Eagles-Tully has been much involved in the fledging a flock of birds
THE SNOWBALL EFFECT
It all started with one Pukorokoro Miranda member and then it just snowballed. A short time ago Sietske de Jong, a Brownie leader heard about “The Flock”at the PM Shorebird Centre. She took the message to her Pippins and Brownies
DAI SENT US A LETTER FROM WALES
“Following the Flock” has just had a letter from Dai inWales, UK.Dai lived at the Pukorokoro Miranda Shorebird Centre in January and February. He was a volunteer shorebird guide and he showed lots of visitors our shorebirds and told them
THE FLOCK GOES ON ITS FIRST ROAD TRIP
It’s a long way from Pukorokoro Miranda to Napier but The Flock had a very good reason to visit.Over Queen’s Birthday weekend many “birders” gathered from all over New Zealand to take part in BirdsNZ annual conference. We were able