Story: Wading birds All images & media From page 1 – New Zealand’s wading birds Wading birds that breed in New Zealand (1st of 3) Waders that migrate regularly to New Zealand (2nd of 3) Waders that occasionally visit New Zealand (3rd of 3) Waders, Firth of Thames Crushed dotterel Motukorea – Browns Island, Hauraki Gulf Wader feeding sites in New Zealand From page 2 – Oystercatchers South Island pied oystercatcher with eggs South Island pied oystercatchers Variable oystercatchers Variable oystercatcher feeding Variable oystercatcher chick Chatham Island oystercatchers Banding a Chatham Island oystercatcher From page 3 – Stilts Black stilt stamp Black stilts in flight Black–pied stilt hybrid Black stilt breeding programme (1st of 2) Releasing black stilts (2nd of 2) Pied stilts, Tauranga Harbour Pied stilt with eggs Pied stilt feeding From page 4 – Dotterels New Zealand dotterel feeding New Zealand dotterel plumage Male dotterel displaying Male banded dotterel on nest Banded dotterel chick Black-fronted dotterel on nest From page 5 – Wrybill and shore plovers Wrybills roosting (1st of 2) Wrybill’s curved bill (2nd of 2) Wrybill feeding at a stream (1st of 2) Wrybill feeding at the coast (2nd of 2) New Zealand shore plover New Zealand shore plover juvenile Spur-winged plover From page 6 – Snipe Snares snipe Stewart Island snipe Campbell Island snipe Transferring snipe Chatham Island snipe From page 7 – Bar-tailed godwits Bar-tailed godwits’ migration route Flock of bar-tailed godwits ‘The godwits have risen and flown’
