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
Recent Sightings May 2019
Best bird watching is two hours eitherside of high tide. Migrants and Vagrants440 Bar-tailed Godwit100 Red Knot4 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper3 Ruddy Turnstone2 Red-necked Stint2 Curlew Sandpiper2 Pectoral Sandpiper1 Broad-billed Sandpiper1 Grey-tailed Tattler1 Glossy Ibis1 Black-tailed godwit NZ Species5140 South Island Pied Oystercatcher2000
The Secret North Korea Stopover
27th May 2018 A team from the Pūkorokoro Miranda Naturalists’ Trust have been travelling to China and North Korea for several years to survey the shorebirds in the Yellow Sea. In 2018 they were followed by Mark Crysell and a
Follow the Kuriri on Google Earth
You can watch with us as we follow the Pacific Golden Plovers on their journey up to the arctic to breed and back to us in summer. Visit the Dropbox folder below for the latest files and instructions on how
Satellites track 3 Kuriri across the Pacific
3rd May 2019 All three of the Kuriri – or Pacific Golden Plovers – we fitted with satellite tags have been successfully tracked across the Pacific and are now well on their way to their breeding grounds in the Arctic.
Recent Sightings April-2019
Best bird watching is two hours eitherside of high tide. Migrants and Vagrants440 Bar-tailed Godwit100 Red Knot1 Pacific Golden Plover4 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper3 Ruddy Turnstone2 Red-necked Stint2 Curlew Sandpiper2 Pectoral Sandpiper1 Broad-billed Sandpiper1 Grey-tailed Tattler1 Glossy Ibis1 Black-tailed godwit NZ Species5140 South
The birds are here
18th December 2018 Right now there are around 60 Pacific Golden Plover at the Robert Findlay Wildlife Reserve adjacent to the Shorebird Centre. That’s a good number because in the past 10 years the annual counts for the National Wader