The Kuaka return

Two long-beaked wading birds in the beach shallows.

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

Two long-beaked wading birds in the beach shallows.
One long-beaked wading bird in the beach shallows.
Another long-beaked wading bird in the beach shallows.
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