Recent Sightings July-15
Wrybill feeding, photo Ian Southey Its all about the wrybills and the oystercatchers at this time of year. The stilt pools are pretty flooded so the birds have been on the mudflats and banks. The two...
View ArticleTHERE’S A LOT OF NEW STUFF TO LOOK AT!
There’s a lot of new stuff to look at! you can find it at http://www.miranda-shorebird.org.nz/flock-mediaMany thanks to Trudy Lane for loading all these resources onto the Pukorokoro Miranda...
View ArticleIT WAS A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY
A chance to show off the FLOCK to 20,000 people, young folk and family members. Meticulous plans were made, FLOCK team members rose before dawn and drove in cars packed with FLOCK birds. The occasion...
View ArticleA FLOCK OF 520 BIRDS AT KAIAUA
The weather was perfect and the view of the distant Coromandel Peninsula was stunning. The Kaiaua foreshore was just the place for our Labour Weekend FLOCK appearance. Thanks to Louisa who was much...
View ArticleNOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT
“Not a lot of people know that” These few words explain just what the FLOCK is trying to change. If it helps more people to know about shorebirds and their problems it is doing its job.Sonny Whitelaw...
View ArticleTHE CHILDREN OF NZ MAKE AN IMPRESSIVE STATEMENT
The children of NZ make an impressive statement on Windsor Reserve, Devonport Peninsula, Auckland City. Shorebirds cannot speak for themselves so the young people of of NZ have spoken for them. 2500+...
View ArticleHAPPY CHRISTMAS FROM THE FLOCK TEAM
A very happy Christmas from all of the FLOCK folk at Pukorokoro Miranda Shorebird Centre.We were really thrilled with the Xmas message that we made with some of the FLOCK birds.However the young...
View ArticleA XMAS MIGRATION
This mini-flock started its southern migration on 23rd December 2016 from the Republic of South Korea. Flying in a cardboard box, by airplane their journey time would have been much shorter than for...
View ArticleTHE FLOCK LIVES ON
THE FLOCK LIVES ON For us folk in New Zealand this “Year of the Flock”is coming to an end. Many of the migratory birds have already departed on their northern migration. Our endemic species have...
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