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 – May 2022
| Sun 1 7.30am | ||||||
| Mon 2 8.15am | Tue 3 9.00am | Wed 4 9.30am | Thu 5 10.15am | Fri 6 11.00am | Sat 7 11.45am | Sun 8 12.15pm |
| Mon 9 1.15pm | Tue 10 2.00pm | Wed 11 3.00pm | Thu 12 4.00pm | Fri 13 4.45pm | Sat 14 5.45pm | Sun 15 6.30pm |
| Mon 16 7.30pm | Tue 17 7.30am | Wed 18 8.30am | Thu 19 9.30am | Fri 20 10.15am | Sat 21 11.15am | Sun 22 12.00pm |
| Mon 23 1.00pm | Tue 24 2.00pm | Wed 25 3.15pm | Thu 26 4.15pm | Fri 27 5.15pm | Sat 28 6.00pm | Sun 29 6.45pm |
| Mon 30 7.30pm | Tue 31 7.45am |
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