We are now pleased to say that the centre is open to visitors again.
TRAILS PARTIALLY OPEN
There is still a fair bit of mud and silt on the trail from the Shorebird Centre so this trail remains closed.
Alternatively you can walk to our first 2 hides from the carpark 2km away but we still recommend you exercise caution. Come and visit us at the Centre and we can give you the most up-to-date information and advice.
Thank you all for your support and patience.
The Shorebird Centre Team
Best birdwatching is two hours either
side of high tide .
Migrants and Vagrants
7100 Bar-tailed Godwit
1870 Red Knot
129 Pacific Golden Plover
14 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
13 Ruddy Turnstone
2 Red-necked Stint
1 Curlew Sandpiper
1 Grey Plover
1 Little Curlew
Arctic Skua
NZ Species
2000 South Island Pied Oystercatcher
650 White Fronted Terns
590 Black-billed Gulls + chicks
450 Wrybill
30 Banded Dotterel
3 Gannet
1 Royal Spoonbill
1 Glossy Ibis
Banded Rail + 5 chicks
Caspian Tern
Hybrid Black Stilt
New Zealand Dotterel
Pied Stilts
Spur-winged Plover
Variable Oystercatcher
More about bird sightings.