Hi
The annual Hudsonian godwit was back for another year at Little Waihi. Showing well with 125 bar-tailed godwit and one knot at the back of the estuary.
All the best,
Tim
Hudsonian godwit - Little Waihi
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Tim Barnard
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Tim Barnard
- Posts: 317
- Joined: Mon Jan 18, 2016 7:30 pm
- Location: Okere Falls
Re: Hudsonian godwit - Little Waihi
Showing really well on Pukehina Spit today and later on the sandbank behind the Marae at Maketu. Plenty of young Barwits in ...
Cheers
Tim
Cheers
Tim
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Tim Barnard
- Posts: 317
- Joined: Mon Jan 18, 2016 7:30 pm
- Location: Okere Falls
Re: Hudsonian godwit - Little Waihi
Still at Little Waihi with the Barwit flock. 85 juv Barwits in a flock 530 today. Asiatic whimbrel, 5 wrybill, two turnstone and 47 knot were the best.
At Maketu ... 50 juvs with 300 Barwits. 1 whimbrel and 1 turnstone.
Over at the new Ford Rd wetlands - 1 sharp-tailed sandpiper, 1 breeding plumage cattle egret and 2 turnstone. Well worth a look if you are passing. This area has been transformed. Some over zealous planting by BoPRC will close it up fast but right now its looking great ...
Felt like summer had arrived.
Tim
At Maketu ... 50 juvs with 300 Barwits. 1 whimbrel and 1 turnstone.
Over at the new Ford Rd wetlands - 1 sharp-tailed sandpiper, 1 breeding plumage cattle egret and 2 turnstone. Well worth a look if you are passing. This area has been transformed. Some over zealous planting by BoPRC will close it up fast but right now its looking great ...
Felt like summer had arrived.
Tim