Miranda Naturalists' Trust
Recent Sightings

This list is some of the species seen at Miranda in recent weeks:

Last updated  30/05/2010

Arctic Migrants and Vagrants: 

Bar-tailed Godwit              c.600

Black Tailed Godwit            1 

Red Knot                          c.600

Sharp-tailed Sandpiper    

Pacific Golden Plover      

Red-necked Stint            

Turnstone                        2

Whimbrel                         1   

Curlew Sandpiper            2        

Terek Sandpiper               -

Pectoral Sandpiper          -

Large Sand Dotterel         - 

Arctic skua                       -

 
New Zealand Species  

Wrybill                                                   c.2000

South Island Pied Oystercatcher         c.1800   

Variable Oystercatcher                         Several

New Zealand Dotterel                           13

Banded Dotterel                                    120

Caspian Tern                                        80

Little Tern                                               1

Black-billed Gull                                    c.100

Red-billed Gull                                      Many

White-fronted Tern                                Many

Pied Stilt (incl. smudgy)                        500

Black Stilt                                               -

Royal Spoonbill                                     20    

White Heron                                          -                                

Banded Rail                                           -

Bittern                                                    -                                                   

Spotless Crake                                      -                                       

NZ Shoveler                                          -

Grey Teal                                              -

Brown Teal                                            -

Little Black Shag                                   16

                                

 
 

Notes:  Treats on the shell banks at the moment include a black tailed godwit, a whimbrel and an arctic tern was spotted after the recent AGM. A handful of knot are looking strangely very red at the moment too - a nice sight to see though.

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