Recent Sightings September 2023

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

Arctic Migrants & Vagrants

6030 Kuaka / Bar-tailed godwit
1600 Huahou / Red knot
2 Kuriri / Pacific golden plover
2 Turnstone
1 Curlew sandpiper
1 Glossy ibis
1 Red-necked stint
1 Whimbrel
1 Whiskered tern

New Zealand Species

650 Tōrea / South Island Pied Oystercatcher
550 Ngutu parore / Wrybill
2350 Poaka / Pied stilts
750 Tarāpuka / Black-billed gulls
128 Taranui / Caspian tern
75 Kōtuku ngutupapa / Royal spoonbill
4 Kuihi / Canada goose
4 Tūturiwhatu / NZ Dotterel
2 Hybrid stilts
1 Matuku-hūrepo / Bittern
1 Black-fronted Dotterel
Moho pererū / Banded rail
Tōrea pango / Variable oystercatcher
Matuku moana / White-faced heron

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