This littlie was hopping / fluttering along the beach. 🐦
Research and a bit of guessing led me to believe it is a Kairaka | Eurasian skylark:
A small brown and creamy-buff bird with off-white underparts, streaked breast and throat, variegated brown upperparts, a sturdy horn-coloured bill that is yellow-brown at the base, and pink legs and feet with a long slightly curved hind toe. Adults have a faint mask of pale feathers around and behind the eye, and a small streaked crest on the hind crown that is raised when alert.