Best bird watching is two hours either side of high tide.
Arctic Migrants & Vagrants
1100 Kuaka / Bar-tailed godwit
200 Huahou / Red knot
1 Cattle Egret
3 Ruddy turnstone
1 Common tern
1 Black fronted dotterel
1 Whimbrel
New Zealand Species
3000 Tōrea / South Island Pied Oystercatcher
2100 Ngutu pare / Wrybill
12 Pohowera / Banded dotterel
23 Tūturiwhatu / NZ Dotterel
200 Taranui / Caspian tern
131 Kōtuku ngutupapa / Royal spoonbill
Poaka / Pied stilts
Moho pererū / Banded rail
Matuku hūrepo / Bittern
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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Recent Sightings July 2026