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
Flung Scarf of Wrybill
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
2019 is our Year of the Wrybill.
26th October 2019 WRYBILL for Bird of the Year! It’s time supporters! Voting is open and we would love your help making Wrybill / Ngutu Parore Bird of the Year!Vote WRYBILL for Bird of the Year This year we have
Pūkorokoro Miranda eNEWS October 2019
15th October 2019 We now have lots of our Arctic migrants ‘home’. At the last count there were 4,150 godwit, 1,080 red knot and 16 Pacific golden plover. We are still eagerly awaiting the arrival of JoJo, Amanda and wee
And the Southern Migration Begins
2nd October 2019 An update from Lee Tibbitts at the US Geological Survey on the 23rd September 2019 confirmed that JoJo had left Alaska, flew over the Hawaiian Islands and then stopped, at least for a time at Teraina (or
Recent Sightings September 2019
Best bird watching is two hours either side of high tide. Migrants and Vagrants 2100 Bar-tailed Godwit 1080 Red Knot 16 Pacific Golden Plover 3 Far-eastern Curlew 2 Turnstone 2 Whimbrel 1 Chestnut-breasted shelduck NZ Species 300 South Island Pied
Recent Sightings August 2019
Best bird watching is two hours eitherside of high tide. Migrants and Vagrants440 Bar-tailed Godwit100 Red Knot1 Glossy Ibis1 Black-tailed Godwit NZ Species5140 South Island Pied Oystercatcher2000 Wrybill162 Banded Dotterel52 Royal Spoonbill20 Caspian Tern8 Variable Oystercatcher1 KotukuAustralasian ShovelerBanded RailBlack-billed GullHybrid Black
Anticipation for the Homeward Journey
23rd August 2019 The transmitters have started to send data more frequently in anticipation of the Pacific Golden Plovers long migration south to New Zealand, which could start at any time now. JoJo and Amanda are hopping about at sites
Satellites track 3 Kuriri all the way to the Arctic
11th July 2019 And so the excitement continues. The latest satellite report indicates that Wee Jimmy arrived in Alaska on 5th July 2019, after a 16,600km journey from Pūkorokoro which took 73 days, and is resting up near Lake Selawik.
Recent Sightings June 2019
Best bird watching is two hours eitherside of high tide. Migrants and Vagrants440 Bar-tailed Godwit100 Red Knot1 Glossy Ibis1 Black-tailed Godwit NZ Species5140 South Island Pied Oystercatcher2000 Wrybill162 Banded Dotterel36 Royal Spoonbill20 Caspian Tern8 Variable Oystercatcher1 Kotuku2 Black-fronted DotterelAustralasian ShovelerBanded RailHybrid