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Kaikoura--Point Kean Seal Colony

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Trailing 14 Days
Species
Date Spotted
Count
Paradise ShelduckTadorna variegata
May 2, 2026
8
Masked LapwingVanellus miles
May 2, 2026
2
Silver GullChroicocephalus novaehollandiae
May 2, 2026
1
Kelp GullLarus dominicanus
May 2, 2026
3
Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
May 2, 2026
1
Little Pied CormorantMicrocarbo melanoleucos
May 2, 2026
1
Pied CormorantPhalacrocorax varius
May 2, 2026
1
White-faced HeronEgretta novaehollandiae
May 2, 2026
1
Swamp HarrierCircus approximans
May 2, 2026
1
Gray GerygoneGerygone igata
May 2, 2026
1
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensis
May 2, 2026
3
Welcome SwallowHirundo neoxena
May 2, 2026
10
SilvereyeZosterops lateralis
May 2, 2026
8
European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
May 2, 2026
8
Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula
May 2, 2026
2
DunnockPrunella modularis
May 2, 2026
3
House SparrowPasser domesticus
May 2, 2026
4
Common ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
May 2, 2026
10
European GreenfinchChloris chloris
May 2, 2026
1
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
May 2, 2026
13
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
May 2, 2026
2
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