The 2023 Shorebird Calendar is out now. Either shop online or buy one from the Visitors Centre next time you’re there. $15.00 each Produced by the Pūkorokoro Miranda Naturalists’ Trust, the New Zealand voice for shorebirds. Your purchase helps support
Best bird watching is two hours either side of high tide. Arctic Migrants and Vagrants 510 Kuaka / Bar Tailed Godwit1 Huahou / Red Knot NZ Species2500 Torea / South Island Pied Oystercatcher2300 Ngutu Parore / Wrybill180 Caspian Tern42 Royal Spoonbill40
Best bird watching is two hours either side of high tide. Arctic Migrants and Vagrants 510 Kuaka / Bar Tailed Godwit1 Huahou / Red Knot NZ Species2500 Torea / South Island Pied Oystercatcher2300 Ngutu Parore / Wrybill180 Caspian Tern42 Royal Spoonbill40
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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