Juvenile godwits

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Wayne & Marg Twydle
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Re: Juvenile godwits

Postby Wayne & Marg Twydle » Wed Oct 30, 2019 4:14 pm

Hi Phil, At Ahuriri this morning there were 30 juveniles amongst a flock of 170 godwit. On 27 Oct we had 13 in the upper estuary in a group of 32. There were also 10 knot with this group - more than we usually get here, but haven't sighted them again - maybe they were en route to Manawatu??
andrewcrossland
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Location: Christchurch

Re: Juvenile godwits

Postby andrewcrossland » Thu Nov 07, 2019 10:11 pm

a high count (for this site) of 241 Bar-tailed Godwits at Brooklands Lagoon spit, CHCH today, including an impressive 111 juveniles! And 1 Red Knot!

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