Best bird watching is two hours either side of high tide. Arctic Migrants and Vagrants 4320 Kuaka / Bar Tailed Godwit1380 Huahou / Red Knot20 Kuriri / Pacific Golden Plover6 Whimbrel (Piako)20 Turnstone (Taramaire)1 Black-tailed godwit1 Curlew Sandpiper1 Grey-tailed tattler1 Sharp-tailed
Recent Sightings 14 October 2021
Best bird watching is two hours either side of high tide. Arctic Migrants and Vagrants C4000 Kuaka / Bar Tailed Godwit630 Huahou / Red Knot6 Kuriri / Pacific Golden Plover6 Whimbrel (Piako)4 Turnstone1 Black-tailed godwit1 Curlew Sandpiper1 Grey-tailed tattler1 Sharp-tailed sandpiper
Webinar – Gob-Smacking Godwits
Watch our webinar following the last 2 years tracking the godwit migrations through the flyway
Magazine August 2021 – Finding the Nest of the Kuaka
This special godwit issue is full of the latest research on Bar-tailed godwits and insight from Keith Woodley into the strikingly different life of these birds in their northern home.
Magazine May 2021 – Caspian Terns vulnerabilities keep them moving
An interesting look into the New Zealand history of the Caspian Tern, the largest tern in the world, and a dive into their irregular breeding habits and vulnerabilities.
Magazine February 2021 – Look out for Fernbirds
Look out for Fernbirds. – Read about Jim Eagles and his family’s search for Fernbirds along the Shorebird Coast in our February 2021 Magazine
Recent Sightings 8 September 2021
Best bird watching is two hours either side of high tide. Arctic Migrants and Vagrants 1600 Kuaka / Bar Tailed Godwit118 Huahou / Red Knot1 Kuriri / Pacific Golden Plover 1 Curlew Sandpiper NZ Species518 Torea / South Island Pied Oystercatcher83
Recent Sightings May 2021
Best bird watching is two hours either side of high tide. Migrants and Vagrants 640 Bar Tailed Godwit58 Red Knot1 Turnstone1 Lesser Sandplover1 Curlew Sandpiper NZ Species3100 South Island Pied Oystercatcher1950 WrybillPied Stilt80 Royal Spoonbill15 White Fronted Tern60 Banded DotterelNZ DotterelBlack
Recent Sightings March 2021
Best bird watching is two hours either side of high tide. Migrants and Vagrants 3900 Bar-tailed Godwit 1075 Red Knot 11 Turnstone 36 Pacific Golden Plover 2 Far Eastern Curlew 1 Sharp Tailed Sandpiper 1 Lesser Sandplover 1 Curlew Sandpiper 1
Recent Sightings January 2021
Best bird watching is two hours either side of high tide. Migrants and Vagrants 5360 Bar-tailed Godwit 870 Red Knot 14 Turnstone 37 Pacific Golden Plover 3 Far Eastern Curlew 2 Sharp Tailed Sandpiper 1 Lesser Sandplover 1 Curlew Sandpiper NZ