Recent Sightings November 2025

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

Arctic Migrants & Vagrants

5700 Kuaka / Bar-tailed godwit
500 Huahou / Red knot
6 Ruddy turnstone
32 Kuriri / Pacific Golden Plover
1 Red-necked stint
4 Sharp-tailed sandpiper
1 Black-tailed godwit

New Zealand Species

200 Tōrea / South Island Pied Oystercatcher
50 Ngutu parore / Wrybill
1 Pohowera / Banded dotterel
131 Kōtuku ngutupapa / Royal spoonbill
2 Moho pererū / Banded rail
4 Taranui / Caspian tern
3 Tūturiwhatu / NZ Dotterel
2 Ruru / Morepork
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.