Recent Sightings 16 September 2025

Best bird watching is two hours either side of high tide.

Arctic Migrants & Vagrants

3000 Kuaka / Bar-tailed godwit
200 Huahou / Red knot
4 Ruddy turnstone
4 Kuriri / Pacific Golden Plover
1 Red-necked stint
1 Sharp-tailed sandpiper
1 Australian tern

New Zealand Species

200 Tōrea / South Island Pied Oystercatcher
200 Ngutu parore / Wrybill
13 Pohowera / Banded dotterel
110 Kōtuku ngutupapa / Royal spoonbill
5 Moho pererū / Banded rail
235 Taranui / Caspian tern
5 Tūturiwhatu / NZ Dotterel
2 Ruru / Morepork
1 Matuku hurepo / Bittern
Hybrid stilts
Tarāpuka / Black-billed gulls
Poaka / Pied stilts
Tōrea pango / Variable oystercatcher
Matuku moana / White-faced heron
Kāruhiruhi / Pied shag
Māpunga / Black shag

More about bird sightings.