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Located only an hour from Auckland the Miranda Shorebird Centre is an excellent stop to escape the city and have a look at some of New Zealand’s amazing birdlife.

With nearly half of the population of the endemic Wrybill found at Miranda during part of the year, and with numbers of shorebirds often exceeding 10,000 the Miranda coastline is almost a mandatory stop for any birdwatcher passing by.  Visit the Shorebird Centre and find out what birds are around, stay with us for a weekend escape from the bustle of the city or join us for one of our regular events.

New and Next!

We’ve just updated the publications page so if you missed an issue or two of Miranda News you can catch up!
The next event at the Centre is the OSNZ Firth of Thames Census.  Meet at the Centre 30 June 2013 at 10:30.

 

What’s been happening – from our Facebook

Recent sightings 20 May 2013

Migrants and Vagrants
575 Bar-tailed Godwit
750 Red Knot
1 Sanderling
1 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
6 Turnstone
1 Pacific Golden Plover
1 Greater Sandplover (Large Sand Dotterel)
1 Black-tailed godwit
1 Marsh Sandpiper

NZ Species
2200 Wrybill
2000+South Island Pied Oystercatchers
Pied Stilt
3 New Zealand Dotterel
100+ Banded Dotterel
Variable Oystercatcher
Banded Rail
Black-billed Gull
White-fronted Tern
Caspian Tern
1 White Heron
41 Royal Spoonbill

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