What time of day is best?

The best time to see the birds 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 tide tables below

You can visit the Shorebird Centre 9am-5pm 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 Tide Times – January 2021
Fri 1

9.30am		Sat 2

10.30am		Sun 3

11.00am
Mon 4

11.30am		Tue 5

12.30pm		Wed 6

1.30pm		Thu 7

2.30pm		Fri 8

3.00pm		Sat 9

4.00pm		Sun 10

5.00pm
Mon 11

6.00pm		Tue 12

7.00am		Wed 13

8.00am		Thu 14

9.00am		Fri 15

9.30am		Sat 16

10.30am		Sun 17

11.00am
Mon 18

12.00pm		Tue 19

12.30pm		Wed 20

1.30pm		Thu 21

2.00pm		Fri 22

3.00pm		Sat 23

4.00pm		Sun 24

4.30pm
Mon 25

5.30pm		Tue 26

6.30am		Wed 27

7.30am		Thu 28

8.00am		Fri 29

8.30am		Sat 30

9.00am		Sun 31

10.00am
High Tides – February 2021
Mon 1

10.30am		Tue 2

11.30am		Wed 3

12.00pm		Thu 4

1.00pm		Fri 5

2.00pm		Sat 6

3.00pm		Sun 7

4.00pm
Mon 8

5.00pm		Tue 9

6.00pm		Wed 10

7.00pm		Thu 11

8.00pm		Fri 12

8.30am		Sat 13

9.30am		Sun 14

10.00am
Mon 15

10.30am		Tue 16

11.30am		Wed 17

12.00pm		Thu 18

12.30pm		Fri 19

1.30pm		Sat 20

2.00pm		Sun 21

3.00pm
Mon 22

4.00pm		Tue 23

5.00pm		Wed 24

6.00pm		Thu 25

7.00pm		Fri 26

7.30pm		Sat 27

8.00am		Sun 28

9.00am
High Tides – March 2021
Mon 1

9.30am		Tue 2

10.30am		Wed 3

11.00am		Thu 4

12.00pm		Fri 5

1.00pm		Sat 6

1.30pm		Sun 7

2.30pm
Mon 8

3.30pm		Tue 9

4.30pm		Wed 10

6.00pm		Thu 11

7.00pm		Fri 12

7.30am		Sat 13

8.00am		Sun 14

9.00am
Mon 15

9.30am		Tue 16

10.30am		Wed 17

11.00am		Thu 18

11.30am		Fri 19

12.00pm		Sat 20

1.00pm		Sun 21

1.30pm
Mon 22

2.30pm		Tue 23

3.00pm		Wed 24

4.00pm		Thu 25

5.00pm		Fri 26

6.00pm		Sat 27

7.00pm		Sun 28

7.30am
Mon 29

8.30am		Tue 30

9.00am		Wed 31

10.00am

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