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 the tide tables below. For future dates visit the LINZ predictions website and search for Thames.
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.
High Tides – November 2021
| Mon 1 5.00pm | Tue 2 5.30pm | Wed 3 6.30pm | Thu 4 7.30pm | Fri 5 8.00am | Sat 6 9.00am | Sun 7 9.30am |
| Mon 8 10.30am | Tue 9 11.30am | Wed 10 12.00pm | Thu 11 1.00pm | Fri 12 2.00pm | Sat 13 3.00pm | Sun 14 4.30pm |
| Mon 15 5.00pm | Tue 16 6.00pm | Wed 17 7.00pm | Thu 18 7.30pm | Fri 19 8.00am | Sat 20 9.00am | Sun 21 9.30am |
| Mon 22 10.00am | Tue 23 10.30am | Wed 24 11.00am | Thu 25 12.00pm | Fri 26 12.30pm | Sat 27 1.30pm | Sun 28 2.00pm |
| Mon 29 3.00pm | Tue 30 4.00pm |
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