During a pleasant afternoon whilst walking around the verge of the lagoon between Takahe Drive and Kotuku Drive, my wife and I paused to watch a female Paradise duck escorting her 10 ducklings

White faced Heron. Food is the defining thing on the lagoon, it consumes most of the day.

The fur seal which made its home in the Waimanu Lagoon has moved on to pastures new.

THE GREAT KAPITI ISLAND TICK HUNT.
a spoonbill was found by Mik Peryer with a large number of sea bird ticks.

The great sea-bird rescue . Recently, the Kapiti Coast has been subject to prolonged storms, one after the other, with hurricane force winds whipping up the sea.

Australasian Shoveler. This splendid looking shoveler duck was on the Waimanu lagoon the other day just sitting near the bank.

Loafing Ducks
Looking at the photograph, what looks like a little island in the middle of the lagoon is actually a small spot that is sheltered from the breeze.

The Royal Spoonbills invaded our river in early March with twenty two birds visiting

After 30 Years on the Waimanu lagoons at Waikanae New Zealand On The 24th of February 2009 Henry the black swan died

Lachlan’s story
Barbara had taken her seven-year-old grandson Lachlan to
the estuary to see the birds.