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Pukorokoro Miranda Shorebird Centre

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Extensive tidal flats and saltmarsh bordered by a rare shellbank chenier plain, create at Miranda, a world renowned and very accessible site for migratory and endemic waders. The Miranda list records 131 bird species including 43 waders. It is the best all-year site for wrybill with up to half the population wintering here. One hour south-east of Auckland, the Miranda Shorebird Centre is both information centre and lodge. Comfortable accommodation includes self-contained units and bunk dormitories with full kitchen facilities. Also extensive displays and dioramas plus natural history library. Visiting or staying at Miranda supports the work of Miranda Naturalists’ Trust which operates the Shorebird Centre.


Pukorokoro Miranda Shorebird Centre Contact Details

Address

Pukorokoro Miranda Naturalists Trust
283 East Coast Road
RD3
Pokeno 2473

Postal

Pukorokoro Miranda Naturalists Trust
283 East Coast Road
RD3
Pokeno 2473

Phone

Phone : 64 9 232 2781

email: admin@miranda-shorebird.org.nz
website: http://www.miranda-shorebird.org.nz


Birds always seen

Variable Oystercatchers
about:Variable Oystercatcher Variable Oystercatcher

Pied Oystercatcher
about:South Island Pied Oystercatcher South Island Pied Oystercatcher

about:Australasian Pied Stilt Australasian Pied Stilt

about:New Zealand Dotterel New Zealand Dotterel

White fronted Tern
about:White-fronted Tern White-fronted Tern

Black backed Gull
about:Southern Black-backed Gull Southern Black-backed Gull

Red billed gull portrait
about:Red-billed Gull Red-billed Gull

about:Caspian Tern Caspian Tern

Bar Tailed godwit
about:Eastern Bar-tailed Godwit Eastern Bar-tailed Godwit

about:Wrybill Wrybill

Spur winged Plover
about:Spur-winged Plover Spur-winged Plover

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about:Lesser Knot Lesser Knot

Birds very likely seen

about:Pacific Golden Plover Pacific Golden Plover

Banded Dotterel (female)
about:Banded Dotterel Banded Dotterel

about:Turnstone Turnstone

about:Red-necked Stint Red-necked Stint

about:Curlew Sandpiper Curlew Sandpiper

about:Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Sharp-tailed Sandpiper

about:Marsh Sandpiper Marsh Sandpiper

Black billed Gulls
about:Black-billed Gull Black-billed Gull

about:Banded Rail Banded Rail

Find the Bittern.
about:Australasian Bittern Australasian Bittern

Birds seasonally seen

about:Black Stilt Black Stilt

about:Shore Plover Shore Plover

about:Pectoral Sandpiper Pectoral Sandpiper

about:Ruff Ruff

about:Sanderling Sanderling

about:Eastern Curlew Eastern Curlew

about:Whimbrel Whimbrel

about:Little Whimbrel Little Whimbrel

about:Black-tailed Godwit Black-tailed Godwit

about:Hudsonian Godwit Hudsonian Godwit

about:Terek Sandpiper Terek Sandpiper

about:Subantarctic (Brown) Skua Subantarctic (Brown) Skua

about:Gull-billed Tern Gull-billed Tern

about:Black-fronted Tern Black-fronted Tern


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