Today was the sixth public godwit event at Sandy Bay Reserve on the shore of Shoal estuary. Once again the event was managed by the local Restoring Takurunga Hauraki group (RTH). They did an excellent job of putting it all together with activities for the children and native plants for sale to help with funds for restoration work.
My role was to update information about the arrival of the bar-tailed godwits to our local estuaries after their 11,500kms flight back from their breeding grounds in Alaska.
The small flock of just under 250 godwits (Kuaka). that visit our estuary appeared right on schedule flying in from feeding at low tide to be nearer a favoured high tide resting shell bank near the reserve that made it easy for us to watch through bird watching scopes.
More to follow................