Recent Sightings 29 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
6 Ruddy turnstone
11 Kuriri / Pacific Golden Plover
1 Red-necked stint
1 Sharp-tailed sandpiper
1 Australian tern

New Zealand Species

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

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