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Part of large colony, some pairs still with eggs and others with well-advanced chicks.

Up to five tui at a time trying to drink from a sugar-water feeder. Some are also feeding from nearby Fuschia procumbens and Phormium cookianum flowers.

Three pairs and a banded stranger from out of town. First time I've seen a NZ dotterel with bands in Taranaki. The local dotterels chased it away up the beach.