Bluff, South Island, New Zealand
Bluff
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List of the videos, photographs and sound recordings taken in Bluff
Materials recorded in Bluff
List of all the materials recorded in Bluff, sorted by rating.8 Videos
Red-breasted Plover (Charadrius obscurus)
Adult bird coming into summer breeding plumage.
LocalityAwarua Bay Wildlife Refuge, Bluff, South Island, New Zealand (ssp obscurus) Neil Robertson 29 July 2007 34 sec 4.9
Red-breasted Plover (Charadrius obscurus)
Adult bird still in winter plumage, probing in soft sand for food and finding a crab.
LocalityBluff, South Island, New Zealand (ssp obscurus) Neil Robertson 29 July 2007 38 sec 4.8
Double-banded Plover (Charadrius bicinctus)
Female on nest, changes position.
LocalityAwarua Bay Wildlife Refuge, Bluff, South Island, New Zealand (ssp bicinctus) Martin Kennewell 26 November 2008 36 sec 4
Double-banded Plover (Charadrius bicinctus)
Female returning to nest, then close up of head.
LocalityAwarua Bay Wildlife Refuge, Bluff, South Island, New Zealand (ssp bicinctus) Martin Kennewell 26 November 2008 26 sec 4
Double-banded Plover (Charadrius bicinctus)
Female walking towards camera, then feigning injury.
LocalityAwarua Bay Wildlife Refuge, Bluff, South Island, New Zealand (ssp bicinctus) Martin Kennewell 26 November 2008 28 sec 3.7
Double-banded Plover (Charadrius bicinctus)
Male in breeding plumage on shingle beach. Two calls heard, contact call whilst walking forward and flight call soon after take
LocalityAwarua Bay Wildlife Refuge, Bluff, South Island, New Zealand (ssp bicinctus) Martin Kennewell 26 November 2008 27 sec 3.6
Red-billed Gull (Larus scopulinus)
Adult wading and feeding in pools along estuary shore against strong wind, flies briefly.
LocalityAwarua Bay Wildlife Refuge, Bluff, South Island, New Zealand (Monotypic species) Martin Kennewell 26 November 2008 40 sec 3
Variable Oystercatcher (Haematopus unicolor)
Adult, black phase, walking on shingle beach and sheltering from wind
LocalityAwarua Bay Wildlife Refuge, Bluff, South Island, New Zealand (Monotypic species) Martin Kennewell 26 November 2008 22 sec 2.7
13 Photographs
Red-breasted Plover (Charadrius obscurus)
The Southern New Zealand Dotterel (a subspecies of the endemic New Zealand Dotterel) in breeding colours.
LocalityAwarua Bay Wildlife Refuge, Bluff, South Island, New Zealand (ssp Southern) Glenda Rees 12 November 2011 4.3
Red-necked Stint (Calidris ruficollis)
This tiny wader (Red Necked Stint) arrives in New Zealand from it's breeding grounds in Siberia every spring and departs again i
LocalityAwarua Bay Wildlife Refuge, Bluff, South Island, New Zealand Glenda Rees 28 February 2012 4.3
Wrybill (Anarhynchus frontalis)
An endemic bird of New Zealand and the only bird in the world with a bill curved to the right so that it can forage under the st
LocalityAwarua Bay Wildlife Refuge, Bluff, South Island, New Zealand Glenda Rees 12 August 2011 4.1
Wrybill (Anarhynchus frontalis)
With it's bill curved to the right the wrybill is an uncommon visitor/resident of Awarua Bay, New Zealand.
LocalityAwarua Bay Wildlife Refuge, Bluff, South Island, New Zealand Glenda Rees 31 July 2011 4.1
Red-breasted Plover (Charadrius obscurus)
Rare southern subspecies of the endemic New Zealand Dotterel.
LocalityAwarua Bay Wildlife Refuge, Bluff, South Island, New Zealand (ssp Southern) Glenda Rees 12 November 2011 4
Wrybill (Anarhynchus frontalis)
An endemic bird of New Zealand, the wrybill is the only bird to have a beak curved to the right.
LocalityAwarua Bay Wildlife Refuge, Bluff, South Island, New Zealand Glenda Rees 31 July 2011 4
Red-breasted Plover (Charadrius obscurus)
The southern subspecies of the endemic New Zealand Dotterel.
LocalityAwarua Bay Wildlife Refuge, Bluff, South Island, New Zealand (ssp Southern) Glenda Rees 14 November 2011 4
Sacred Kingfisher (Todiramphus sanctus)
New Zealand Sacred Kingfisher. An early morning sighting. Not frequently seen in the lower South Island.
LocalityAwarua Bay Wildlife Refuge, Bluff, South Island, New Zealand (ssp vagans) Glenda Rees 10 April 2011 4
Red-necked Stint (Calidris ruficollis)
This tiny wader (Red Necked Stint) arrives in New Zealand from it's breeding grounds in Siberia every spring and departs again i
LocalityAwarua Bay Wildlife Refuge, Bluff, South Island, New Zealand Glenda Rees 22 April 2012 3.9
Sacred Kingfisher (Todiramphus sanctus)
New Zealand kingfisher - the only kingfisher found in New Zealand.
LocalityAwarua Bay Wildlife Refuge, Bluff, South Island, New Zealand (ssp vagans) Glenda Rees 10 April 2011 3.8
Black-fronted Tern (Sterna albostriata)
In breeding colours, on a rock in Bluff Harbour, New Zealand.
LocalityBluff, South Island, New Zealand Glenda Rees 10 July 2010 3.6
Sacred Kingfisher (Todiramphus sanctus)
New Zealand kingfisher - the only kingfisher found in New Zealand.
LocalityAwarua Bay Wildlife Refuge, Bluff, South Island, New Zealand (ssp vagans) Glenda Rees 10 April 2011 3.6
Fernbird (Megalurus punctatus)
This great little bird popped up during our wader count at Awarua Bay on Nov 6th. Just managed to take a couple of shots before
LocalityAwarua Bay Wildlife Refuge, Bluff, South Island, New Zealand (ssp punctatus) Neil Robertson 06 November 2010 3.3
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List of the species with videos, photos and sounds taken in Bluff
Species with materials recorded in Bluff
List of species with materials recorded in Bluff. Species that occur in Bluff but that do not have materials recorded there will not be included in the list.- Oystercatchers (Haematopodidae)
- Variable Oystercatcher (Haematopus unicolor)
- Plovers (Charadriidae)
- Red-breasted Plover (Charadrius obscurus)
- Double-banded Plover (Charadrius bicinctus)
- Wrybill (Anarhynchus frontalis)
- Sandpipers, Snipes and Phalaropes (Scolopacidae)
- Red-necked Stint (Calidris ruficollis)
- Gulls (Laridae)
- Red-billed Gull (Larus scopulinus)
- Terns (Sternidae)
- Black-fronted Tern (Sterna albostriata)
- Kingfishers (Alcedinidae)
- Sacred Kingfisher (Todiramphus sanctus)
- Old World Warblers (Sylviidae)
- Fernbird (Megalurus punctatus)