Update 1: Pūkorokoro Miranda Shorebird Centre Pacific Golden Plover Satellite Tagging Project

The capturing and satellite tagging of Pacific Golden Plover (Kuriri; Pluvialis fulva) for the PGP project has finally started. This is our first update video for day one and two. After a difficult start on day one with the canon netting not going as planned mist netting delivered two birds in the early morning hours of day two. Another eight to go. Project Background: Kuriri (Pacific Golden Plover) are the fourth most common of the Arctic migrants which visit New Zealand in summer, but their population is declining. Over the years shorebird census data shows that numbers of Pacific Golden Plovers wintering in New Zealand are lower each year. Unfortunately very little is known about these migrants, so this summer the Pūkorokoro Miranda Shorebird Centre is going to try to find answers. They are going to catch 10 birds to fit them with satellite tags in order to track them on their migration route and find out what route they follow. Since declines in other shorebirds have been the result of problems on their migration route they will hopefully be able to stop their population from declining with this knowledge. Wildimages.co (www.wildimages.co) is tasked with creating a wildlife documentary of about the project and will also provide regular update videos throughout the project. You can follow the progress of this project on Pūkorokoro Miranda Shorebird Centre website: www.miranda-shorebird.org.nz or their Facebook page at: www.facebook.com/MirandaShorebirdCentre/. If you enjoyed this video and you are interested in this conservation project, please like, comment and subscribe to our channel for regular updates making sure to tick the bell icon to get notified of new videos. Most important of all please share this video far and wide so we can reach a wide audience.

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