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.
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
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
22nd April 2019 A Pacific Golden Plover – known to Maori as Kuriri – has touched down in Japan after a 9,000km flight which will greatly increase knowledge of the species and so help keep them coming to New Zealand
22nd March 2019 Pūkorokoro Miranda Naturalists’ Trust’s intensive campaign to catch 10 Pacific Golden Plover – or Kuriri – to fit with satellite tags has come to a halt for now with three birds successfully processed and poised to head
Best bird watching is two hours eitherside of high tide. Migrants and Vagrants440 Bar-tailed Godwit2500 Red Knot12 Pacific Golden Plover 4 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper 3 Ruddy Turnstone2 Red-necked Stint2 Curlew Sandpiper2 Pectoral Sandpiper1 Broad-billed Sandpiper1 Grey-tailed Tattler1 Glossy Ibis NZ Species5140 South
Best bird watching is two hours eitherside of high tide. Migrants and Vagrants4970 Bar-tailed Godwit2500 Red Knot105 Pacific Golden Plover12 Ruddy Turnstone4 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper4 Red-necked Stint2 Curlew Sandpiper2 Pectoral Sandpiper1 Broad-billed Sandpiper1 Grey-tailed Tattler1 Glossy Ibis NZ Species5140 South Island Pied
Best bird watching is two hours eitherside of high tide. Migrants and Vagrants4970 Bar-tailed Godwit2500 Red Knot76 Pacific Golden Plover12 Ruddy Turnstone4 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper4 Red-necked Stint2 Curlew Sandpiper1 Pectoral Sandpiper1 Broad-billed Sandpiper1 Black-tailed Godwit1 Sand Plover (greater)1 Glossy Ibis NZ Species300
Best bird watching is two hours eitherside of high tide. Migrants and Vagrants4970 Bar-tailed Godwit2500 Red Knot63 Pacific Golden Plover12 Ruddy Turnstone4 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper3 Red-necked Stint2 Curlew Sandpiper1 Pectoral Sandpiper1 Broad-billed Sandpiper1 Black-tailed Godwit1 Glossy Ibis NZ Species113 Wrybill740 South Island
Recent Sightings November 2018 Best bird watching is two hours either side of <a href=” https://www.metservice.com/marine/tides/thames” target=”_blank” name=”tides”>high tide</a>. <b>Migrants and Vagrants</b> 4970 Bar-tailed Godwit 2500 Red Knot 56 Pacific Golden Plover 12 Ruddy Turnstone 4 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper 3 Red-necked