Bar-tailed godwits at the Avon-Heathcote Ihutai Estuary. Photo: Newsline / CCCThe first godwits landed back in Christchurch this week, heralding the arrival of spring on the Avon-Heathcote Ihutai Estuary. He said September 13 is a typical arrival date for the bar-tailed godwits. The first of the bar-tailed godwits from Alaska have arrived at their feeding grounds, with hundreds more expected over the next few weeks. Their numbers are decreasing on the Avon-Heathcote Estuary but increasing in other parts.

Source: Otago Daily Times September 15, 2021 22:52 UTC