Earlier this year we asked our members to contribute to a programme of supplementary feeding for shorebirds in the Yellow Sea. Attached is a report on that project. We’d like to thank our members for contributing to this emergency appeal,
May-17 Sightings
Migrants and Vagrants 193 Bar-tailed Godwit 10 Red Knot 8 Black-tailed Godwit Turnstone 1 Golden Plover 1 Common Tern 2 Whimbrel 1 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper 1 Curlew Sandpiper 1 Chestnut-breasted Shelduck NZ Species 2000 Wrybill 135 Banded Dotterel 2330 South Island
Apr-17 sightings
Up to four dabchick on the swallow ponds, and as many as 6 black-tailed godwits were the highlight for April. Migrants and Vagrants 193 Bar-tailed Godwit 5 Red Knot 6 Black-tailed Godwit 1 Red-necked Stint 15 Turnstone 24 Golden Plover
Recent sightings Jan-17
Migrants and Vagrants 5200 Bar-tailed Godwit 1000 Red Knot 1 Whimbrel 1 Far-eastern Curlew 2 Marsh Sandpiper 1 Black-tailed Godwit 4 Red-necked Stint 13 Turnstone 1 Curlew Sandpiper 31 Golden Plover 1 LargeSand-plover 7 Sharp-tailed Sandpipers 3 Pectoral Sandpiper NZ
November 2016 Sightings
Best birdwatching is two hours either side of high tide. Migrants and Vagrants 5200 Bar-tailed Godwit 1000 Red Knot 2 Marsh Sandpiper Black-tailed Godwit 4 Red-necked Stint 20 Turnstone 1 Curlew Sandpiper 20 Golden Plover 1 Lesser Sand-plover 8 Sharp-tailed
Recent sightings – October 2016
Best birdwatching is two hours either side of high tide. Migrants and Vagrants 3200 Bar-tailed Godwit 1000 Red Knot 2 Marsh Sandpiper 1 Great Knot 2 Black-tailed Godwit 1 Hudsonian Godwit 3 Red-necked Stint 7 Turnstone – north of Kaiaua
PMNT accounts FY15
As advised at the AGM the 2015 accounts are available here
July 2016 Sightings
The Marsh Sandpiper appears to have settled in for the winter. The ponds are very full so, on the bigger tides, look for the birds at the north end. Artic Migrants 100 Bar-tailed Godwit 800 Red Knot 1 Marsh Sandpiper
Manukau Beatification Charitable Trust gets in on the act!
Manukau Beautification Charitable Trust’s (MBCT’s )‘Boomer Boys’ have made 96 birds (that’s 24 bar-tailed godwits, 24 wrybills, 24 South Island pied oystercatchers, and 24 red knots) in the Trust’s Boomer Businesses, a community shed for men and women aged over
April 2016 recent sightings
Best birdwatching is two hours either side of high tide. Numbers of Artic migrants are now dropping daily the numbers below are from the start of the month, there was however a surprise influx of Red Knot in the last week