Meet Harry and Sophie, Mount Maunganui's resident Oystercatchers. Every year they come to our main beach to nest and raise babies.
The Department of Conservation are pretty good at putting up cordons around the nest along with sandbags to protect the chicks.
We carefully walked around the area and I managed to get this photo of the baby that's hatched out this year. Looks like he/she is quite happy.
People have been pretty good at staying away from the nest and there is a no dog policy on this part of the beach. Hopefully this family can keep coming back here in years to come.
