23rd November 2019 Our team of volunteers is about to assemble to try to catch seven more Pacific Golden Plover so we can fit them with satellite tags and hopefully fill in all the blanks in what we know about
Flung Scarf of Wrybill
by Kirsten Strom 23rd October 2019 2019 is our Year of the Wrybill. A year to lift the profile this iconic New Zealand bird which we share with our South Island braided river friends. In the winter months nearly half
Recent Sightings October 2019
Best bird watching is two hours either side of high tide. Migrants and Vagrants 4600 Bar-tailed Godwit 2000 Red Knot 32 Pacific Golden Plover 3 Far-eastern Curlew 4 Turnstone 3 Whimbrel 1 Curlew Sandpiper 1 Marsh Sandpiper 1 Red-necked Stint