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 LINZ 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.

Find out more

High Tides – April 2021
Thu 1

11.00am		Fri 2

11.30am		Sat 3

12.30pm		Sun 4

12.30pm
Mon 5

1.30pm		Tue 6

2.30pm		Wed 7

3.30pm		Thu 8

4.30pm		Fri 9

5.30am		Sat 10

6.30am		Sun 11

7.00pm
Mon 12

7.30am		Tue 13

8.00am		Wed 14

9.00am		Thu 15

9.30am		Fri 16

10.00am		Sat 17

10.30am		Sun 18

11.30am
Mon 19

12.00pm		Tue 20

1.00pm		Wed 21

1.30pm		Thu 22

2.30pm		Fri 23

3.30pm		Sat 24

4.30pm		Sun 25

5.30pm
Mon 26

6.30pm		Tue 27

7.30pm		Wed 28

7.30am		Thu 29

8.30am		Fri 30

9.30am

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