Best bird watching is two hours either side of high tide. Arctic Migrants and Vagrants 2500 Kuaka / Bar Tailed Godwit1380 Huahou / Red Knot44 Kuriri / Pacific Golden Plover6 Whimbrel (Piako)20 Turnstone (Taramaire)1 Black-tailed godwit1 Curlew Sandpiper1 Eastern Curlew1 Grey-tailed
Magazine February 2022 – Red Knots in Russia
Pūkorokoro Miranda News – February 2022 Issue 123 We hear about the realities of studying our Arctic migrants in the expanse of the Russian tundra, take a look inside the Manager’s new roost and Bob Gill looks back on the
Recent Sightings February 2022
Best bird watching is two hours either side of high tide. Arctic Migrants and Vagrants 4320 Kuaka / Bar Tailed Godwit1380 Huahou / Red Knot44 Kuriri / Pacific Golden Plover6 Whimbrel (Piako)20 Turnstone (Taramaire)1 Black-tailed godwit1 Curlew Sandpiper1 Eastern Curlew1 Grey-tailed
Recent Sightings January 2022
Best bird watching is two hours either side of high tide. Arctic Migrants and Vagrants 4320 Kuaka / Bar Tailed Godwit1380 Huahou / Red Knot34 Kuriri / Pacific Golden Plover6 Whimbrel (Piako)20 Turnstone (Taramaire)1 Black-tailed godwit1 Curlew Sandpiper1 Eastern Curlew1 Grey-tailed
Magazine November 2021 – How we saved the Northern NZ Dotterel
The management programme for the Northern New Zealand Dotterel/Tūturiwhatu, which has seen the population go from a steady decline to almost doubling in 30 years, is one of our greatest conservation successes. That triumph is due to the work of scores of community volunteers, the enthusiasm of a few dedicated wildlife rangers and the strategy devised by Dr John Dowding, writes Jim Eagles.
Recent Sightings December 2021
Best bird watching is two hours either side of high tide. Arctic Migrants and Vagrants 4320 Kuaka / Bar Tailed Godwit1380 Huahou / Red Knot20 Kuriri / Pacific Golden Plover6 Whimbrel (Piako)20 Turnstone (Taramaire)1 Black-tailed godwit1 Curlew Sandpiper1 Grey-tailed tattler1 Sharp-tailed
Recent Sightings 14 October 2021
Best bird watching is two hours either side of high tide. Arctic Migrants and Vagrants C4000 Kuaka / Bar Tailed Godwit630 Huahou / Red Knot6 Kuriri / Pacific Golden Plover6 Whimbrel (Piako)4 Turnstone1 Black-tailed godwit1 Curlew Sandpiper1 Grey-tailed tattler1 Sharp-tailed sandpiper
Webinar – Gob-Smacking Godwits
Watch our webinar following the last 2 years tracking the godwit migrations through the flyway
Magazine August 2021 – Finding the Nest of the Kuaka
This special godwit issue is full of the latest research on Bar-tailed godwits and insight from Keith Woodley into the strikingly different life of these birds in their northern home.
Magazine May 2021 – Caspian Terns vulnerabilities keep them moving
An interesting look into the New Zealand history of the Caspian Tern, the largest tern in the world, and a dive into their irregular breeding habits and vulnerabilities.