Beauty

Grey Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)

Bar-Tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica).

Oh just a small number of South Island Pied Oystercatchers (Haematopus finschi)

Wandering Albatross (Diomedea exulans) chick

Pacific Golden Plover (Pluvialis fulva).

Pacific Golden Plover in breeding plumage having a lovely wing stretch.

A new day begins

Look before you step

Red-necked Stint resting in a human footstep made in the sand.

Soothing the soul

Far-eastern Curlew (Numenius madagascariensis)

Crimson Chat (Epthianura tricolor) male

Pacific Golden Plover (Pluvialis fulva) in breeding plumage.

White-faced Heron (Egretta novaehollandiae)

Showing off.

Double-banded Plover (Charadrius bicinctus)

Me and my shadow

Inland Dotterel (Charadrius australis) juvenile and Pacific Golden Plover (Pluvialis fulva) in breeding plumage.

Just a few South Island Pied Oystercatchers (Haematopus finschi) flying

Beach Stone Curlew (Esacus magnirostris)

Sneaky

Grey Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)

Having a scrub in the tub.

Gull-billed tern (Gelochelidon nilotica) non-breeding

Crimson Chat (Epthianura tricolor) female

White Headed Stilt (Himantopus leucocephalus) adult

Crested Tern (Thalasseus bergii) drying off time.

Red Knot (Calidris canutus)