Pegasus Post: September 21, 2023
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4 Thursday <strong>September</strong> <strong>21</strong> <strong>2023</strong><br />
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TOUCH DOWN: The bar-tailed godwits are back at the Avon-Heathcote<br />
Ihutai Estuary after a six-to-eight day flight from Alaska. PHOTO: NEWSLINE<br />
Godwits return to<br />
estuary heralds spring<br />
THE BAR-TAILED godwits have touched<br />
down on the Avon-Heathcote Ihutai<br />
Estuary, landing earlier than usual.<br />
The first newly arriving birds were<br />
spotted on <strong>September</strong> 9 by ornithologist<br />
Grahame Bell, who was checking on<br />
the birds at the request of the city<br />
council.<br />
Bell reported a flock of 290 birds, with<br />
some still showing vestiges of red breeding<br />
plumage – which they usually moult prior<br />
to departure from the Arctic.<br />
The birds landed after a six-to-eight<br />
day non-stop flight covering a distance of<br />
11,700km from the Yukon river delta in<br />
Alaska.<br />
City council parks ecologist Andrew<br />
Crossland said this was the second earliest<br />
arrival on record, two days later than last<br />
year.<br />
“Over the next few weeks another 1000+<br />
godwits are expected to arrive on the<br />
estuary,” he said.<br />
“We can also expect additional<br />
flocks of 200-400 arriving elsewhere<br />
in the Christchurch area at each of the<br />
Brooklands Lagoon, Lyttelton Harbour<br />
and Lake Ellesmere.”<br />
Kōrero mai, let’s talk about our<br />
Safer speed plan<br />
Way safer for everyone<br />
We’re planning to make more speed limit<br />
changes in some areas across Christchurch.<br />
Lower speeds can save lives and prevent serious injury.<br />
Reducing our speed makes a major difference in a crash.<br />
People make mistakes on our roads, and those mistakes<br />
shouldn’t cost our neighbours, whānau or pets their lives.<br />
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency have changed the way<br />
speed limits are set. This gives us an opportunity to plan an<br />
area-wide approach for speed changes.<br />
We’re asking for feedback on our 10-year vision and<br />
principles for safe speeds across Christchurch and Banks<br />
Peninsula, as well as our first three years of implementation.<br />
To read the plan and give feedback by<br />
25 October, visit<br />
letstalk.ccc.govt.nz/saferspeedsplan
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