With the discovery that we have probably just one dotterel chick first seen on day 33 after the egg in the nest was first observed we now have maybe 5 weeks ahead until this bird is fully fledged (able to fly and care for itself). ... Although young dotterel are not fed by their parents they are guided to food and shown the ropes of feeding themselves. While the adult birds keep a sharp lookout for any dangers around such as patrolling hawks and other predators.
On Day 38 while watching the adult dotterel keeping an eye on its chick two kayakers approached the shell bank and were first mobbed by a pair of pied stilts as they appeared to want to land their kayaks right by the pied stilts nest with one chick in it. Not feeling comfortable with the divebombing stilts the kayakers moved along to land exactly where the dotterels were feeding.
I have not perfected the art of walking on water so had to resort to intervening by shouting and waving my arms in the air to direct the people to move away and to my surprise they did.