Heading back the other way

S and I packed the car with some of what we will need while at Snells Beach while trying to find a new home, and then drove north. Later, we were joined by C and the boys (young men now). After lunch Mr H and Young L accompanied me to Southend of Snells, where we saw half a dozen kuaka (godwits), a few white faced herons, and a collection of gulls with the occasional Toreapango (oystercatchers).

Perhaps because three of us was a much bigger signal than I give when on my own, I was unable to get close, and my photos are all a bit soft. 

After dinner we were visited by a Kereru (wood pigeon). It settled in a pohutukawa near the deck, but behind branches and then left. It returned two more times, and then flew away. Just before sunset, I thought it may be in the hymenosporum on the street side of the house. Investigated and seen and photographed. I’ve added the photo as an extra.