Dabchick
Photo by Vandy Pollard
Tiny Dabchick hitching a ride on mum’s back. Dabchick or Weweia are a medium-sized aquatic diving bird endemic to Aotearoa New Zealand with a conservation status of recovering and an estimated population of 1900-2000 individuals. Weighing in at 230-700 grams and a length of 28-30cm.
Vandy Pollard - Excio Gallery
I’m a photographer living on the South Coast of Wellington New Zealand. with a passion for New Zealand birds, many of them with a conservation status of at risk.
