Best bird watching is two hours either side of high tide. Migrants and Vagrants 5360 Bar-tailed Godwit 870 Red Knot 14 Turnstone 37 Pacific Golden Plover 3 Far Eastern Curlew 2 Sharp Tailed Sandpiper 1 Lesser Sandplover 1 Curlew Sandpiper NZ
Recent Sightings December 2020
Best bird watching is two hours either side of high tide. Migrants and Vagrants 4800+ Bar-tailed Godwit 1200 Red Knot 14 Turnstone 28 Pacific Golden Plover 3 Far Eastern Curlew 2 Sharp Tailed Sandpiper 1 Lesser Sandplover 1 Curlew Sandpiper NZ
Recent Sightings July 2020
Best bird watching is two hours eitherside of high tide. Migrants and Vagrants516 Bar-tailed Godwit27 Red Knot NZ Species2200 South Island Pied Oystercatcher1800 Wrybill1100 Pied Stilts57 Royal Spoonbill57 Caspian Tern6 White-fronted terns1 BitternVariable OystercatcherNZ DotterelAustralasian ShovelerBanded DotterelBanded RailHybrid Black Stilts More
Watch the Kuriri project Winter 2020 update
14th July 2020. Johan Kok from WildImages.co has put together another wonderful documentary about the challenges and successes from the summer season. Jim Eagles the project coordinator updates us on the progress from the volunteer efforts to catch Pacific Golden
Recent Sightings June 2020
Best bird watching is two hours eitherside of high tide. Migrants and Vagrants516 Bar-tailed Godwit27 Red Knot4 Black-fronted Dotterel1 Red-necked Stint1 Black-tailed Godwit1 Hudsonian Godwit NZ Species2200 South Island Pied Oystercatcher1800 Wrybill1100 Pied Stilts57 Royal Spoonbill57 Caspian Tern6 White-fronted terns1 BitternVariable
Another Kuriri update
7th July 2020 Just when you thought it was safe to forget about Pacific Golden Plovers, after two months of radio silence one of the six tags we deployed this season seems to be working again. After hearing nothing from
Recent Sightings May 2020
Best bird watching is two hours eitherside of high tide. Migrants and Vagrants516 Bar-tailed Godwit27 Red Knot4 Black-fronted Dotterel1 Red-necked Stint1 Black-tailed Godwit1 Hudsonian Godwit NZ Species2200 South Island Pied Oystercatcher1800 Wrybill1100 Pied Stilts57 Royal Spoonbill57 Caspian Tern6 White-fronted terns1
New season Pacific Golden Plover checks in
8th June 2020 After more than two months of radio silence since leaving Pūkorokoro we’ve finally heard from one of this season’s six tagged Kuriri. Ra – who was named after the sun – has reported in from Alaska. As
Recent Sightings January 2020
Best bird watching is two hours eitherside of high tide. Migrants and Vagrants6290 Bar-tailed Godwit2000 Red Knot37 Pacific Golden Plover15 Turnstone4 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper3 Far-eastern Curlew3 Whimbrel2 Red-necked Stint2 Broad-billed Sandpiper1 Curlew Sandpiper1 Hudsonian Godwit1 Black-tailed Godwit1 Lesser Sand Plover NZ
3 New Kuriri and JoJo sneaks back
30th March 2020 It has been a hugely exciting time for the Pacific Golden Plover/Kuriri Project. First, with our last catching attempt of the season, we caught three more of these elusive birds – nicknamed Kowhai, Ra and Ahi –