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News and Updates

The Great PGP Miss

The Great PGP Miss

As 2020 came to a close, and holiday plans and last minute work pressures consumed many people’s thoughts, the Pacific Golden Plover team had their minds on more ornithological matters – another attempt to catch some PGPs and fit them with transmitters.

Chelsea Ralls January 12, 2021January 13, 2021 News and Updates, Pacific Golden Plover Project Read more

Our New World Record Holder!

Our New World Record Holder!

Much has happened in Aotearoa and across the globe since our Arctic migrants left us in March. Now we are excited to welcome them “home”. The return of the godwits has been even more thrilling this season as the Global Flyway Network Project has made it possible to follow some birds as they make their way across the world.

Chelsea Ralls October 30, 2020November 2, 2020 News and Updates Read more

The Godwits Return

The Godwits Return

Much has happened in Aotearoa and across the globe since our Arctic migrants left us in March. Now we are excited to welcome them “home”. The return of the godwits has been even more thrilling this season as the Global Flyway Network Project has made it possible to follow some birds as they make their way across the world.

Chelsea Ralls October 3, 2020October 10, 2020 News and Updates Read more

Watch the Kuriri project Winter 2020 update

Watch the Kuriri project Winter 2020 update

14th July 2020. Johan Kok from WildImages.co has put together another wonderful documentary about the challenges and successes from the summer season. Jim Eagles the project coordinator updates us on the progress from the volunteer efforts to catch Pacific Golden

Pūkorokoro Miranda Shorebird Centre July 14, 2020September 27, 2020 News and Updates, Pacific Golden Plover Project Read more

Another Kuriri update

Another Kuriri update

7th July 2020 Just when you thought it was safe to forget about Pacific Golden Plovers, after two months of radio silence one of the six tags we deployed this season seems to be working again. After hearing nothing from

Pūkorokoro Miranda Shorebird Centre July 7, 2020July 9, 2020 News and Updates, Pacific Golden Plover Project Read more

New season Pacific Golden Plover checks in

New season Pacific Golden Plover checks in

8th June 2020 After more than two months of radio silence since leaving Pūkorokoro we’ve finally heard from one of this season’s six tagged Kuriri. Ra – who was named after the sun – has reported in from Alaska. As

Pūkorokoro Miranda Shorebird Centre June 8, 2020July 9, 2020 News and Updates, Pacific Golden Plover Project Read more

3 New Kuriri and JoJo sneaks back

Pacific Golden Plover Pukorokoro Miranda

30th March 2020 It has been a hugely exciting time for the Pacific Golden Plover/Kuriri Project.  First, with our last catching attempt of the season, we caught three more of these elusive birds – nicknamed Kowhai, Ra and Ahi –

Pūkorokoro Miranda Shorebird Centre March 30, 2020June 11, 2020 News and Updates, Pacific Golden Plover Project Read more

Meet the 3 new Kuriri Explorers

Meet the 3 new Kuriri Explorers

3rd December 2019 The latest stage of our project to find out more about our Pacific Golden Plovers has been successfully completed. A combined team of banders from the Shorebird Centre and four experienced PGP catchers from Brigham Young University,

Pūkorokoro Miranda Shorebird Centre December 3, 2019June 11, 2020 News and Updates, Pacific Golden Plover Project Read more

JoJo Broadcasting from Tonga

JoJo Broadcasting from Tonga

23rd November 2019 Our team of volunteers is about to assemble to try to catch seven more Pacific Golden Plover so we can fit them with satellite tags and hopefully fill in all the blanks in what we know about

Pūkorokoro Miranda Shorebird Centre November 23, 2019June 11, 2020 News and Updates, Pacific Golden Plover Project Read more

Flung Scarf of Wrybill

A flock of Wrybill flying in the formation that looks similar to the shape of a flung scarf. Shellbank is below and Coromandel Range behind.

by Kirsten Strom 23rd October 2019 2019 is our Year of the Wrybill. A year to lift the profile this iconic New Zealand bird which we share with our South Island braided river friends. In the winter months nearly half

Pūkorokoro Miranda Shorebird Centre November 23, 2019June 10, 2020 News and Updates Read more
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Recent Sightings March 2021

Best bird watching is two hours either
side of high tide.

Migrants and Vagrants
3900 Bar-tailed Godwit
1075 Red Knot
11 Turnstone
36 Pacific Golden Plover
2 Far Eastern Curlew
1 Sharp Tailed Sandpiper
1 Lesser Sandplover
1 Curlew Sandpiper
1 Red Necked Stint
NZ Species
4300 South Island Pied Oystercatcher
1900 Wrybill
13 Royal Spoonbill
5 Banded Dotterel
2 NZ Dotterel
430 Pied Stilt
Caspian Tern
White Fronted Tern
Pied Shag
White Faced Heron
Black Billed Gull

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  • Our New World Record Holder!

Pukorokoro Miranda

   Pūkorokoro Miranda Shorebird Centre
283 East Coast Road,
Miranda 2473, New Zealand
09 232 2781

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Visit and stay

Shorebirds are here all year round, the highest numbers are present from January to March. The Shorebird Center is open 9-5 but you can go and see the birds whenever the tide is in.

The Shorebird Centre has overnight accommodation; self-contained units as well as bunkrooms for hire. Stay with us us while you check out New Zealand's shorebirds.

Tides

The best time to view the birds is 2 hours either side of high tide. The tide here is similar to the Thames high tide (Metservice). For planning future visits use Linz tide predictions and search for Rocky Point for long range tide times.

If you've got a proposed date and aren't sure about the tides call us 09 232 2781 9am-5pm or email us and we'll go through the details with you.

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