Best bird watching is two hours either side of high tide.
Arctic Migrants & Vagrants
7100 Kuaka / Bar-tailed godwit
1500 Huahou / Red knot
49 Kuriri / Pacific Golden Plover
7 Whimbrel
4 Red-necked stint
4 Sharp-tailed sandpiper
2 Black-tailed godwits
1 Australian tern
1 Arctic tern
1 Far eastern curlew
Ruddy turnstone
New Zealand Species
7000 Tōrea / South Island Pied Oystercatcher
2100 Ngutu parore / Wrybill
340 Poaka / Pied stilts
21 Pohowera / Banded dotterel
4 Tūturiwhatu / NZ Dotterel
2 Moho pererū / Banded rail
1 Matuku hūrepo / Bittern
Kōtuku ngutupapa / Royal spoonbill
Taranui / Caspian tern
Tarāpuka / Black-billed gull
Tara / White-fronted tern
Tōrea pango / Variable oystercatcher
Matuku moana / White-faced heron
Kāruhiruhi / Pied shag
Māpunga / Black shag
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