Photo : Samuel Bloch

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.

Find out more

High Tides – January 2023


Sun 1

3.40pm
Mon 2

4.30pm
Tue 3

5.30pm
Wed 4

6.20pm
Thu 5

7.00am
Fri 6

7.50am
Sat 7

8.30am
Sun 8

9.10am
Mon 9

9.50am
Tue 10

10.30am
Wed 11

11.10am
Thu 12

11.45am
Fri 13

12.20pm
Sat 14

1.00pm
Sun 15

1.45pm
Mon 16

2.30pm
Tue 17

3.30pm
Wed 18

4.20pm
Thu 19

5.20pm
Fri 20

6.30pm
Sat 21

7.15am
Sun 22

8.15am
Mon 23

9.10am
Tue 24

10.00am
Wed 25

10.50am
Thu 26

11.40am
Fri 27

12.30pm
Sat 28

1.20pm
Sun 29

2.15pm
Mon 30

3.00pm
Tue 31

4.00pm
High Tides – February 2023
Wed 1

5.00pm
Thu 2

6.00pm
Fri 3

6.50pm
Sat 4

7.25am
Sun 5

8.10am
Mon 6

8.50am
Tue 7

9.30am
Wed 8

10.00am
Thu 9

10.40am
Fri 10

11.15am
Sat 11

11.50am
Sun 12

12.30pm
Mon 13

1.15pm
Tue 14

2.00pm
Wed 15

2.50pm
Thu 16

3.50pm
Fri 17

5.00pm
Sat 18

6.10pm
Sun 19

7.00am
Mon 20

8.00am
Tue 21

8.45am
Wed 22

9.40am
Thu 23

10.30am
Fri 24

11.15am
Sat 25

12.05pm
Sun 26

12.50pm
Mon 27

1.40pm
Tue 28

2.30pm
High Tides – March 2023


Wed 1

3.20pm
Thu 2

4.20pm
Fri 3

5.20pm
Sat 4

6.20pm
Sun 5

7.00am
Mon 6

7.45am
Tue 7

8.20am
Wed 8

9.00am
Thu 9

9.30am
Fri 10

10.10am
Sat 11

10.45am
Sun 12

11.20am
Mon 13

12.00pm
Tue 14

12.50pm
Wed 15

1.40pm
Thu 16

2.30pm
Fri 17

3.30pm
Sat 18

4.45pm
Sun 19

6.00pm
Mon 20

7.00pm
Tue 21

7.30am
Wed 22

8.30am
Thu 23

9.15am
Fri 24

10.00am
Sat 25

10.50am
Sun 26

11.30am
Mon 27

12.20pm
Tue 28

1.10pm
Wed 29

2.00pm
Thu 30

2.50pm
Fri 31

3.45pm