Best bird watching is two hours either side of high tide.
Arctic Migrants & Vagrants
600 Kuaka / Bar-tailed godwit
250 Huahou / Red knot
2 Gull-billed tern
2 Glossy Ibis
1 Turnstone
New Zealand Species
4500 Tōrea / South Island Pied Oystercatcher
1850 Ngutu parore / Wrybill
169 Taranui / Caspian tern
75 Kōtuku ngutupapa / Royal spoonbill
82 Pohowera / Banded dotterel
30 Tūturiwhatu / NZ Dotterel
2 Hybrid stilts
1 Kōtuku / White heron
1 Matuku-hūrepo / Bittern
Tarāpuka / Black-billed gulls
Poaka / Pied stilts
Moho pererū / Banded rail
Tōrea pango / Variable oystercatcher
Matuku moana / White-faced heron
Kāruhiruhi / Pied shag
Māpunga / Black shag
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Recent Sightings May 2024