Thanks Martin
We haven't noticed any Plovers or Turnstone staying on before. We could have
missed them.
But if they are young staying over then just a couple is a relatively small
number of the mob we usually have.
Cheers
Peter Morgan
The conservation battle is never finally won; the development battle is.
> On 30 Jun 2014, at 10:13 pm, martin cachard <> wrote:
>
> hi Peter,
>
> I would have thought that these Golden Plovers & Turnstones that u have there
> are quite likely 1st year birds that haven't returned to their breeding
> grounds in their 1st year. Given that they haven't attained the breeding
> plumage of adult birds tends to supports that they are juv/imm birds.
> I maybe wrong here, but I've always thought that most (or is it all??) 1st
> year migratory waders spend their first northern summer in their southern
> wintering grounds...
> or is it that some adult birds that aren't fit for breeding also stay in
> their non-breeding grounds along with the 1st year birds as well??
>
> cheers
> martin cachard
>
> > From:
> > Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2014 19:49:03 +1000
>
> > Here at Brooms Head, we seem to have lost the Bar-tailed Godwit that has
> > been around for the last couple of winters, but gained a couple of Golden
> > Plovers and Ruddy Turnstones. They have not moved in to breeding plumage.
> > Peter and Bev Morgan.
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