‘Banded Dotts’ at Kaikoura film, Nest 38, winner at International Wildlife Film Festival.
6 May 2021

‘Banded Dotts’ at Kaikoura film, Nest 38, winner at International Wildlife Film Festival.

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It is sad to say that the success of this film rests upon the fact that the ‘Banded Dotts’ (Double-banded Plovers outside of New Zealand), are doing badly when the try to breed on the beach at Kaikoura, and indeed … Continued

British Summer-Visiting Breeding Waders
7 Apr 2021

British Summer-Visiting Breeding Waders

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There are 78 species of waders on the British list (78 BOU categories A,B & C), the majority are rare vagrants (45), others passage migrants (6), a number are with us all year as residents (13), although some of those … Continued

Dotterel; What’s in a name?
24 Jan 2021

Dotterel; What’s in a name?

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The Dotterel Charadrius morinellus; when I first heard the name as a youngster it was one of those, almost mythical species, which, as far as I could see, I had little or no chance of ever seeing. In those days … Continued

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