Recent Sightings

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 Black-tailed Godwit 1 Curlew Sandpiper 1 Eastern Curlew

During the combination of storm and king tide on the 5th of January we lost approx. half the Black-billed gull chicks and all of the White-fronted tern chicks and nests. Unfortunately the adult Terns have still not returned to the

Best birdwatching is two hours either side of high tide. Migrants and Vagrants 7100 Bar-tailed Godwit 1870 Red Knot 129 Pacific Golden Plover 13 Turnstone 9 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper 2 Red-necked Stint 1 Curlew Sandpiper Arctic Skua NZ Species 740 South Island

Best birdwatching is two hours either side of high tide. Migrants and Vagrants 7100 Bar-tailed Godwit 70 Juvenile Godwit 1643 Red Knot 91 Pacific Golden Plover 8 Turnstone 5 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper 2 Red-necked Stint 1 Marsh Sandpiper 1 Curlew Sandpiper Arctic

Best birdwatching is two hours either side of high tide. Migrants and Vagrants 5600 Bar-tailed Godwit 30 Juvenile Godwit 1 Eastern Curlew 1100 Red Knot 1 Marsh Sandpiper 12 Pacific Golden Plover 2 Whimbrel 3 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper 1 Curlew Sandpiper

Best birdwatching is two hours either side of high tide. Migrants and Vagrants 5200 Bar-tailed Godwit 10 Juvenile Godwit 950 Red Knot 1 Marsh Sandpiper 12 Pacific Golden Plover 2 Whimbrel 3 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper NZ Species Wrybill Banded Dotterel South

The highlight for August was the Northern Shoveler, only seen for two days in early August. The Wrybills have been heading for the breeding grounds, leaving the stilt ponds ready for the Godwit arrivals. Hopefully we will see them soon!!

Migrants and Vagrants 193 Bar-tailed Godwit 10 Red Knot 8 Black-tailed Godwit Turnstone 1 Golden Plover 1 Common Tern 2 Whimbrel 1 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper 1 Curlew Sandpiper 1 Chestnut-breasted Shelduck NZ Species 2000 Wrybill 135 Banded Dotterel 2330 South Island

Up to four dabchick on the swallow ponds, and as many as 6 black-tailed godwits were the highlight for April. Migrants and Vagrants 193 Bar-tailed Godwit 5 Red Knot 6 Black-tailed Godwit 1 Red-necked Stint 15 Turnstone 24 Golden Plover

Migrants and Vagrants 5200 Bar-tailed Godwit 1000 Red Knot 1 Whimbrel 1 Far-eastern Curlew 2 Marsh Sandpiper 1 Black-tailed Godwit 4 Red-necked Stint 13 Turnstone 1 Curlew Sandpiper 31 Golden Plover 1 LargeSand-plover 7 Sharp-tailed Sandpipers 3 Pectoral Sandpiper NZ