Best bird watching is two hours either side of high tide.
Arctic Migrants & Vagrants
1100 Kuaka / Bar-tailed godwit
900 Huahou / Red knot
40 Kuriri / Pacific golden plover
9 Turnstone
2 Whimbrel
2 Sharp-tailed sandpiper
1 Curlew sandpiper
1 Great knot
New Zealand Species
4500 Tōrea / South Island Pied Oystercatcher
1250 Ngutu parore / Wrybill
109 Taranui / Caspian tern
75 Kōtuku ngutupapa / Royal spoonbill
82 Pohowera / Banded dotterel
4 Tūturiwhatu / NZ Dotterel
2 Hybrid stilts
1 Kōtuku / White heron
1 Matuku-hūrepo / Bittern
Tarāpuka / Black-billed gulls
Poaka / Pied stilts
Moho pererū / Banded rail
Tōrea pango / Variable oystercatcher
Matuku moana / White-faced heron
Kāruhiruhi / Pied shag
Māpunga / Black shag
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Recent Sightings March 2024