Anyone noticing big influxes of NZ Scaup?
Posted: Mon May 02, 2022 9:11 pm
Hi team, staff from the 3 councils in central
Canterbury have just completed a sub-region wide census of NZ Scaup and there’s about 4000 birds missing. If anyone notices them somewhere please let me know?
The Bromley Oxidation Ponds which usually hold 4000-6000 scaup at this time of year are not currently suitable as a feeding site for scaup (or other water birds) and held only 89 birds. There’s a little under 3000 across Central Canterbury so that’s 4000 plus that have gone further afield.
This has never happened before so it’ll be interesting to see how far they disperse?
Canterbury have just completed a sub-region wide census of NZ Scaup and there’s about 4000 birds missing. If anyone notices them somewhere please let me know?
The Bromley Oxidation Ponds which usually hold 4000-6000 scaup at this time of year are not currently suitable as a feeding site for scaup (or other water birds) and held only 89 birds. There’s a little under 3000 across Central Canterbury so that’s 4000 plus that have gone further afield.
This has never happened before so it’ll be interesting to see how far they disperse?