Guest 690- Registered: 10 Oct 2009
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#1
I saw this poor little thing last week, alas, no camera. Forgot all about him/her till this morning, walking along the POW pier again. Quite tame too. Anyone else noticed it, and what breed it is?
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#2
Only got one leg, and actively hops about all over the place. Hope no hungry sea gull spots it.
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#3
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Guest 696- Registered: 31 Mar 2010
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#4
Colin, many birds of that particular kind inhabit the pier, I only see them there. They walk on the pier, and fly over the railing, then return. I don't know what they are called though.
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#5
Awwww...poor little bird, although it seems to be getting about ok.
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#6
I`ve seen them out and about Alexander, but they`re usually in pairs, and don`t stand still long enough for me to image them. Didn`t seem in any pain Jeane. I did wonder if he was born like it.
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#7
Stood still long enough for you to "sex" it Colin.
#8
Ah poor little thing .
Guest 693- Registered: 12 Nov 2009
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#9
It looks like a young Oystercatcher, difficult to tell exactly. If the leg is an orangey red colour, I would say that it is an Oystercatcher. They're waders, and normally live on flat estuaries/bays similar to Sandwich Bay; they don't normally live on piers or in close proximity to man, preferring their own space.
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#10
Well done all.
9 posts and no mention of Heather McCartney!
Guest 672- Registered: 3 Jun 2008
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#11
I was going to say it was a Rock hopper.
It's a sandpiper.
grass grows by the inches but dies by the feet.
#12
I went down today and took the little bird a wee dram of whisky. I thought it might enjoy some hop-scotch!!
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#13
Having a closer look and the size of the beak, the bird in question is.......
A Turnstone.
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#14
I`ll ask the bird what he is next time I`m along there.
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#15
At least our one legged freind is alive and well. This one was in the Wellington dock this afternoon. Red beak, breed?
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#16
That one is a Moorhen colin.
grass grows by the inches but dies by the feet.
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#17
A dead Moorhen,deceased,no longer with us..not breathing..in short a dead moorhen....Cleeseanesque
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#18
i have seen loads of them near the end of the pier close to the cafe(now closed).
#19
Marek, I think it is only resting.
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#20
Poor moorhen
