Recent Sightings March 2025

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

Arctic Migrants & Vagrants

7440 Kuaka / Bar-tailed godwit
940 Huahou / Red knot
59 Kuriri Pacific golden plover
15 Turnstone
6 Whimbrel
1 Glossy Ibis
1 Australian tern
5 Sharp-tailed sandpiper
1 Red-necked stint

New Zealand Species

4000 Tōrea / South Island Pied Oystercatcher
2200 Ngutu parore / Wrybill
110 Pohowera / Banded dotterel
54 Taranui / Caspian tern
159 Kōtuku ngutupapa / Royal spoonbill
5 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

More about bird sightings.