Best birdwatching is two hours either side of high tide. Numbers of Artic migrants are now dropping daily the numbers below are from the start of the month, there was however a surprise influx of Red Knot in the last week
BirdsNZ Youth Camp add to THE FLOCK
School holidays is usually the time for an extra hour in bed. Not for the young birders at the BirdsNZ Youth Camp held at Pukorokoro Miranda. They were often up before dawn.Pleasingly they did find time to add some new
Letting your inner Picasso loose!
There are just so many ways to decorate a bird, here are a few.The top bird is realistic, permanent marker pens on shower board.The rest are more inventive. However YOU can write a message, knit a rugby jersey, make a
New Roosts
There were happy children and busy hands when Jim Eagles visited Kaiaua School last week. Painting “the Flock” birds is a great fit with the school’s teaching programme. Really looking forward to visiting to see the finished birds. Meanwhile down
Great ideas migrate
Great ideas migrate, just like birds do! This one started its journey on Ainslie Beach, Southport, Lancashire in the United Kingdom. Six hundred gaily decorated bird models were assembled on the beach as part of an environmental celebration. It was
NZ and China agree to protect migratory birds
Here’s our press release for more details. This is how the day went. [View the story “NZ and China agree to protect migratory birds” on Storify]
January 2016 Recent Sightings
Somewhat unusually many of the birds spent January roosting at the north end of the stilt ponds. Sightings of the Little Curlew continued sporadically through January. Wrybills and Oystercatchers returned in force. A banded rail family was seen regularly at
Courses Updated
More information on the Nature Journaling and Print making courses are now available on our courses page. We still hope to be running a photography course later in the year. Watch this space.
Dec-15 sightings
Grey Teal are breeding on Widgery Lake this year, oddly enough a first record. Banded Rail are also seen around the edges of the lake. Down at the ponds and at the shellbanks… Migrants and Vagrants 1 Little Whimbrel seen
Theunis Piersma visit
Eminent Dutch biologist and ecologist Professor Theunis Piersma returns to New Zealand for our final Year of the Godwit events. Author and co-author of hundreds of peer-reviewed papers and other publications, Theunis leads a global team of researchers unravelling the