First to Ruakaka for a couple of nights to enjoy the estuary and wildlife reserve. Eleven Royal spoonbill feeding at the estuary edge. Later in the afternoon as the tide came in at least one hundred gannets plummeting out of the sky almost colliding as they go after shoals of fish.
Little shags roost in a favoured tree between fishing expeditions and the tides.
It was fun watching this young Welcome Swallow eagerly waiting to be fed. Its parents were away for some times more than 15 minutes searching for food to bring back to the young one's perch point on an old fence post.
Then further North on to my happy space for more nights, more walks and swims in this secluded beautiful bay with back hills and bush to explore.
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