Recent Sightings

Best bird watching is two hours eitherside of high tide. Migrants and Vagrants4970 Bar-tailed Godwit2500 Red Knot76 Pacific Golden Plover12 Ruddy Turnstone4 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper4 Red-necked Stint2 Curlew Sandpiper1 Pectoral Sandpiper1 Broad-billed Sandpiper1 Black-tailed Godwit1 Sand Plover (greater)1 Glossy Ibis NZ Species300

Best bird watching is two hours eitherside of high tide. Migrants and Vagrants4970 Bar-tailed Godwit2500 Red Knot63 Pacific Golden Plover12 Ruddy Turnstone4 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper3 Red-necked Stint2 Curlew Sandpiper1 Pectoral Sandpiper1 Broad-billed Sandpiper1 Black-tailed Godwit1 Glossy Ibis NZ Species113 Wrybill740 South Island

Recent Sightings November 2018 Best bird watching is two hours either side of <a href=” https://www.metservice.com/marine/tides/thames” target=”_blank” name=”tides”>high tide</a>. <b>Migrants and Vagrants</b> 4970 Bar-tailed Godwit 2500 Red Knot 56 Pacific Golden Plover 12 Ruddy Turnstone 4 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper 3 Red-necked

Recent Sightings October 2018 Best bird watching is two hours either side of high tide. Migrants and Vagrants 2310 Bar-tailed Godwit 2500 Red Knot 37 Pacific Golden Plover 4 Ruddy Turnstone 2 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper 2 Curlew Sandpiper 1 Red-necked Stint NZ

Recent Sightings September 2018 Best bird watching is two hours either side of high tide. The flocks of arctic migrants are growing and so are the number of sightings of the more rare birds. With our project coming up this summer

Best bird watching is two hours either side of high tide. Migrants and Vagrants 110 Bar-tailed Godwit 17 Red Knot 3 Ruddy Turnstone 2 Black-tailed Godwit 2 Northern Shoveler 1 Pacific Golden Plover 1 Eastern Curlew 1 Whimbrel NZ Species 2700

Best bird watching is two hours either side of high tide. Migrants and Vagrants 110 Bar-tailed Godwit 17 Red Knot 3 Ruddy Turnstone 2 Northern Shoveler 1 Pacific Golden Plover 2 Black-tailed Godwit 1 Eastern Curlew 1 Whimbrel NZ Species 2700

The census on the 24th June 2018 revealed we have 2,700 Wrybill here on the shellbank and another 900 in the Firth of Thames. That’s over 65% of the estimated Wrybill population. Sighting of 2 male Northern Shovellers inside the

During May we welcomed the ducks and swans to the Stilt Pond which seem to take shelter here over the Duck shooting season. The highlights and crowd-pleasers are the continued sightings of a black-tailed godwit and the northern shoveler though,

Best birdwatching is two hours either side of high tide. Migrants and Vagrants 300 Bar-tailed Godwit 30 Red Knot 12 Pacific Golden Plover 12 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper 2 Red-necked Stint NZ Species 2000 South Island Pied Oystercatcher 2000 Wrybill 590 Black-billed Gulls