Best bird watching is two hours either side of high tide.
Arctic Migrants & Vagrants
2000 Kuaka / Bar-tailed godwit
188 Huahou / Red knot
5 Australian tern
2 Turnstone
1 Kuriri / Pacific Golden Plover
New Zealand Species
200 Tōrea / South Island Pied Oystercatcher
238 Ngutu parore / Wrybill
20 Taranui / Caspian tern
91 Kōtuku ngutupapa / Royal spoonbill
2 Pohowera / Banded dotterel
2 Tūturiwhatu / NZ Dotterel
5 Hybrid stilts
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 September 2024