Best bird watching is two hours either side of high tide.
Arctic Migrants & Vagrants
6128 Kuaka / Bar-tailed godwit
1000 Huahou / Red knot
44 Kuriri / Pacific Golden Plover
7 Ruddy turnstone
1 Red-necked stint
4 Sharp-tailed sandpiper
New Zealand Species
488 Tōrea / South Island Pied Oystercatcher
40 Ngutu parore / Wrybill
3 Pohowera / Banded dotterel
131 Kōtuku ngutupapa / Royal spoonbill
2 Moho pererū / Banded rail
4 Taranui / Caspian tern
4 Tūturiwhatu / NZ Dotterel
400 Tarāpuka / Black-billed gull colony
1300 Tara / White-fronted tern colony
Poaka / Pied stilts
Tōrea pango / Variable oystercatcher
Matuku moana / White-faced heron
Kāruhiruhi / Pied shag
Māpunga / Black shag
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Recent Sightings December 2025