Archives For Shore Plover / Tūturuatu

Wildbase Hospital and Recovery supports our Shore Plover Recovery Programme. Wildlife veterinarian Brett Gartrell has been instrumental to the programme, so we took the chance to ‘talk tūturuatu’ with him.

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We catch-up with the team from the Shore Plover Recovery Programme and find out more about the special Rangatira Island in the Chatham Islands, its amazing biodiversity and the important part in plays in this endangered species’ survival.

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The shore plover is described as a bird in urgent need of some PR. With just 250 individuals left in the wild it is one of the world’s rarest shore birds. A DOC-led recovery programme, aims to turn the tide on this bird’s fate…

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