Searching through some photos in preparation for a school talk soon about our local shorebirds, I was reminded that I had not posted any details of the Dotterel Forum that was held at the Puhoi village hall on the 3rd of May.
The Keynote speaker was John Dowding who shared his experiences on Stewart Island (Rakiura) in the attempts and challenges to successfully raise the numbers of the rare Southern New Zealand Dotterel.
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| John Dowding & Southern NZ Dotterel |
As always some very supportive interesting talks and I was able to contribute too sharing our local success on having one nest, one egg, one chick, that successfully fledged one Northern New Zealand dotterel this season.