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 – July 2022
| Fri 1 8.45am | Sat 2 9.25am | Sun 3 10.05am | ||||
| Mon 4 10.40am | Tue 5 11.20am | Wed 6 12.00pm | Thu 7 12.50pm | Fri 8 1.40pm | Sat 9 2.35pm | Sun 10 3.40pm |
| Mon 11 4.45pm | Tue 12 5.45pm | Wed 13 6.40pm | Thu 14 7.35pm | Fri 15 8.00am | Sat 16 8.55am | Sun 17 9.45am |
| Mon 18 10.35am | Tue 19 11.25am | Wed 20 12.15pm | Thu 21 1.10pm | Fri 22 2.05pm | Sat 23 3.05pm | Sun 24 4.05pm |
| Mon 25 5.00pm | Tue 26 5.50pm | Wed 27 6.35pm | Thu 28 7.20pm | Fri 29 7.40am | Sat 30 8.20am | Sun 31 9.00am |
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