What time of day is best?
The best time to see the birds from the bird hides is within two hours either side of HIGH TIDE. The birds feed out on the mud flats while the tide is out and as it comes in they use this time to roost, sleep and preen. 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 – September 2022
| Thu 1 10.25am | Fri 2 11.10am | Sat 3 11.55am | Sun 4 12.50pm | |||
| Mon 5 1.50am | Tue 6 3.00pm | Wed 7 4.10pm | Thu 8 5.10pm | Fri 9 6.10pm | Sat 10 7.00pm | Sun 11 7.30am |
| Mon 12 8.20am | Tue 113 9.05am | Wed 14 9.40am | Thu 15 10.30am | Fri 16 11.15am | Sat 17 12.00pm | Sun 18 12.45pm |
| Mon 19 1.45pm | Tue 20 2.45pm | Wed 21 3.50pm | Thu 22 4.45pm | Fri 23 5.30pm | Sat 24 6.15pm | Sun 25 7.45am |
| Mon 26 8.25am | Tue 27 9.05am | Wed 28 9.45am | Thu 29 10.20am | Fri 30 11.05am |
High Tides – October 2022
| Sat 1 11.50am | Sun 2 12.40pm | |||||
| Mon 3 1.35pm | Tue 4 2.35pm | Wed 5 3.45pm | Thu 6 4.55pm | Fri 7 5.55pm | Sat 8 6.50pm | Sun 9 7.20am |
| Mon 10 8.10am | Tue 11 8.55am | Wed 12 9.40am | Thu 13 10.20am | Fri 14 11.00am | Sat 15 11.40am | Sun 16 12.25pm |
| Mon 17 1.10pm | Tue 18 2.05pm | Wed 19 3.00pm | Thu 20 4.00pm | Fri 21 4.55pm | Sat 22 5.45pm | Sun 23 6.30pm |
| Mon 24 7.10am | Tue 25 7.50am | Wed 26 8.35am | Thu 27 9.15am | Fri 28 10.00am | Sat 29 10.45am | Sun 30 11.35am |
| Mon 31 12.20pm |
High Tides – November 2022
| Tue 1 1.25pm | Wed 2 2.25pm | Thu 3 3.30pm | Fri 4 4.35pm | Sat 5 5.35pm | Sun 6 6.25pm | |
| Mon 7 7.00am | Tue 8 7.50am | Wed 9 8.35am | Thu 10 9.15am | Fri 11 9.55am | Sat 12 10.35am | Sun 13 11.15am |
| Mon 14 11.55am | Tue 15 12.40pm | Wed 16 1.30pm | Thu 17 2.20pm | Fri 18 3.10pm | Sat 19 4.05pm | Sun 20 4.55pm |
| Mon 21 5.45pm | Tue 22 6.35pm | Wed 23 7.20am | Thu 24 8.05am | Fri 25 8.55am | Sat 26 9.40am | Sun 27 10.30am |
| Mon 28 11.20am | Tue 29 12.15pm | Wed 30 1.10pm |