What time of day is best?

The best time to see the birds down at the bird hides is within two hours either side of High Tide.  As the tide comes in, the birds move from far out on the mud flats where they feed to areas closer in towards shore. See LINZ tide tables below

You can visit the Shorebird Centre 9am-5pm to learn about the birds, seven days a week, all year round.

What time of year is best?

There are always birds to see at Pūkorokoro, but different species are here at different times.

Godwits, and other Arctic migrants arrive in September and are here until the end of March.

Wrybill and other NZ migrants arrive in January and are here until June.

We also have birds that are resident here all year round.

Find out more

High Tides – July 2021
Thu 1

12.00pm		Fri 2

1.00pm		Sat 3

2.00pm		Sun 4

3.00pm
Mon 5

4.00pm		Tue 6

5.00pm		Wed 7

5.30pm		Thu 8

6.30pm		Fri 9

7.00pm		Sat 10

7.30am		Sun 11

8.00am
Mon 12

9.00am		Tue 13

9.30am		Wed 14

10.00am		Thu 15

11.00am		Fri 16

11.30am		Sat 17

12.30am		Sun 18

1.30pm
Mon 19

2.30pm		Tue 20

3.30pm		Wed 21

4.30pm		Thu 22

5.30pm		Fri 23

6.30pm		Sat 24

7.30pm		Sun 25

7.30am
Mon 26

8.30am		Tue 27

9.30am		Wed 28

10.00am		Thu 29

11.00am		Fri 30

11.30am		Sat 31

12.30pm

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