The Kuaka return

Two long-beaked wading birds in the beach shallows. — Photo by Miraz Jordan.

Excited to see on my beach walk this morning that the first Kuaka (Godwits) have returned from their sojourn in the Arctic.

One long-beaked wading bird in the beach shallows.

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