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Wrybill Birding Tours, NZ

The recently rediscovered New Zealand storm-petrel, refound for the first time in 150+ years by Brent Stephenson and Sav Saville from Wrybill Birding Tours, NZ is a key target species. Our Hauraki Gulf pelagic not only finds several other endemic breeding seabirds, but specifically targets this species.

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See New Zealand with the birding experts. Run by birders – for birders.

Brent Stephenson and Sav Saville run Wrybill Birding Tours, NZ with an unrivalled team of Guides. We are all experienced and passionate birders, with up-to-the-minute knowledge of New Zealand’s birding scene. We know New Zealand and its birds inside out. We have sites for all the landbirds, excellent shorebird identification skills and unbeatable pelagic seabirding experience (which includes our rediscovery of the "extinct" New Zealand Storm-petrel in 2003). On top of this we enjoy having fun and showing you the splendour of New Zealand, its scenery, and other wildlife.

We specialise in scheduled 21-day birding tours and can custom-make tours for couples, or small groups, tailoring your trip to fit your particular requirements (start date, duration, accommodation style, distances covered, species targeted, etc.). Tell us what you want and we will make it happen. If bird photography is your thing, then why not do a photographic tour of New Zealand with us, guided by Brent, co-author of the "Birds of New Zealand: A Photographic Guide". We also offer pre-trip planning advice and site information for the independent birder. If you are going to be birding in New Zealand – you really need to contact us. Review your options and whet the appetite through our website.


Wrybill Birding Tours, NZ Contact Details

Address

Sav Saville
Wrybill Birding Tours NZ
83 James Cook Street
Havelock North 4130
New Zealand   

( NOTE: Wrybill tours operate New Zealand wide )

Postal

Wrybill Birding Tours NZ
83 James Cook Street
Havelock North 4130
New Zealand

Phone

Mobile : 0276 803 740

email: info@wrybill-tours.com
website: http://www.wrybill-tours.com


Birds always seen

about:Salvin's Albatross Salvin's Albatross

about:Southern Royal Albatross Southern Royal Albatross

about:New Zealand Falcon New Zealand Falcon

about:Yellowhead Yellowhead

about:Stewart Island Shag, Bronze Shag Stewart Island Shag, Bronze Shag

about:Stewart Island Brown Kiwi Stewart Island Brown Kiwi

about:New Zealand Fairy Tern New Zealand Fairy Tern

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

Variable Oystercatchers
about:Variable Oystercatcher Variable Oystercatcher

about:Cook's Petrel Cook's Petrel

about:Kea Kea

about:Black Stilt Black Stilt

Takahe
about:Takahe Takahe

about:Blue Duck Blue Duck

about:Rock Wren Rock Wren

Storm Petrel
about:New Zealand White-faced Storm Petrel New Zealand White-faced Storm Petrel

about:North Island Kokako North Island Kokako

about:Wrybill Wrybill

about:Pied Shag Pied Shag

about:Spotted Shag Spotted Shag

about:Imperial/Blue-eyed/King Shag Imperial/Blue-eyed/King Shag

Black Shag
about:Black Shag Black Shag

Little Shag
about:Little Shag Little Shag

White faced Heron
about:White-faced Heron White-faced Heron

about:Great White Heron Great White Heron

about:Reef Heron Reef Heron

Royal Spoonbills
about:Royal Spoonbill Royal Spoonbill

White capped (Shy) Albatross
about:White-capped Albatross White-capped Albatross

about:Southern Buller's Albatross Southern Buller's Albatross

about:Wandering Albatross Wandering Albatross

NZ Paradise Shelduck
about:Paradise Shelduck Paradise Shelduck

about:Grey Duck Grey Duck

about:Canada Goose Canada Goose

about:Cape Barren Goose Cape Barren Goose

about:Black Swan Black Swan

about:

about:Brown Teal Brown Teal

about:Mallard Mallard

about:New Zealand Scaup New Zealand Scaup

about:Australasian Shoveler Australasian Shoveler

Harrier hawk
about:Australasian Harrier Australasian Harrier

about:Australasian Gannet Australasian Gannet

about:Wild Turkey Wild Turkey

about:Brown Quail Brown Quail

about:California Quail California Quail

about:New Zealand Pigeon New Zealand Pigeon

about:New Zealand Kingfisher New Zealand Kingfisher

about:Grey/New Zealand Fantail Grey/New Zealand Fantail

about:Little Penguin (Blue) Little Penguin (Blue)

about:Yellow Eyed Penguin Yellow Eyed Penguin

Yellow-eyed Penguins are one of the rarest of the world's 18 species of penguin. There are only 5,000 - 6,000 Yellow-eyed Penguins in the wild and they only live in New Zealand.

about:Great Crested Grebe Great Crested Grebe

about:Australasian Little Grebe Australasian Little Grebe

about:New Zealand Dabchick (little grebe) New Zealand Dabchick (little grebe)

about:Sooty Shearwater , Sooty Shearwater ,

about:Fluttering Shearwater Fluttering Shearwater

about:Hutton's Shearwater Hutton's Shearwater

about:White-faced Storm Petrel White-faced Storm Petrel

about:Grey-faced Petrel Grey-faced Petrel

about:Mottled Petrel Mottled Petrel

about:Pycroft's Petrel Pycroft's Petrel

about:Black Petrel Black Petrel

about:White-chinned Petrel White-chinned Petrel

about:Common Diving Petrel Common Diving Petrel

about:Northern Giant Petrel Northern Giant Petrel

about:Cape Pigeon (petrel) Cape Pigeon (petrel)

about:Flesh-footed Shearwater Flesh-footed Shearwater

about:Buller's Shearwater Buller's Shearwater

about:Westland Petrel Westland Petrel

about:Fairy Prion Fairy Prion

about:Buff Weka Buff Weka

about:Weka Weka

Pukeko
about:Pukeko Pukeko

about:New Zealand Coot New Zealand Coot

about:Australasian Pied Stilt Australasian Pied Stilt

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

about:New Zealand Dotterel New Zealand Dotterel

about:

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

about:Turnstone Turnstone

about:

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

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

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

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

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

about:Black-fronted Tern Black-fronted Tern

about:Caspian Tern Caspian Tern

about:Kaka Kaka

about:Yellow-crowned Parakeet Yellow-crowned Parakeet

about:Red-crowned Parakeet Red-crowned Parakeet

about:Eastern Rosella Eastern Rosella

about:Rock Pigeon Rock Pigeon

about:Shining Cuckoo Shining Cuckoo

about:Little Owl Little Owl

about:Morepork (Ruru) Morepork (Ruru)

about:

about:Skylark Skylark

Welcome Swallow
about:Welcome Swallow Welcome Swallow

about:New Zealand Pipit New Zealand Pipit

about:House sparrow House sparrow

about:Dunnock (hedge Sparrow) Dunnock (hedge Sparrow)

about:Blackbird Blackbird

about:Song Thrush Song Thrush

about:Fernbird Fernbird

about:South Island Tomtit South Island Tomtit

about:North Island Tomtit North Island Tomtit

about:South Island Robin South Island Robin

about:North Island Robin North Island Robin

about:Whitehead Whitehead

about:Brown Creeper Brown Creeper

about:Grey Warbler Grey Warbler

about:Silvereye Silvereye

about:Stitchbird Stitchbird

Bell Bird
about:Bellbird Bellbird

Tui
about:Tui Tui

about:North Island Saddleback North Island Saddleback

about:South Island Saddleback South Island Saddleback

about:Australian Magpie Australian Magpie

about:Starling Starling

about:Common Myna Common Myna

about:Chaffinch Chaffinch

about:Greenfinch Greenfinch

about:Goldfinch Goldfinch

about:Yellowhammer Yellowhammer

about:Little Black Shag Little Black Shag

about:Ring-necked Pheasant Ring-necked Pheasant

about:Peafowl Peafowl

Birds very likely seen


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Wrybill Birding Tours, NZ
Photo Gallery

 
 
 
Both morphs of the Stewart Island shag are seen, the bronze morph on the left, and the pied morph on the right. 
 
 
 
A South Island oystercatcher looks out from behind a rock. 
 
 
The recently rediscovered New Zealand storm-petrel, refound for the first time in 150+ years by Brent Stephenson and Sav Saville from Wrybill Birding Tours, NZ is a key target species. Our Hauraki Gulf pelagic not only finds several other endemic breeding seabirds, but specifically targets this species. 
 
 
 
A male South Island wren (Xenicus gilviventris) perched on a rock in its alpine habitat. Homer Tunnel, Fiordland National Park, New Zealand. January. 
 
Southern brown kiwi (Apteryx australis) feeding for crustaceans on a sandy beach. No flash used, just dim flashlight. Ocean Beach, Stewart Island, New Zealand. November. 
The New Zealand forest can be extremely beautiful, but with all this moss in a South Island Nothofagus beech forest it means there can sometimes be rain. 
And sometimes it rains! But even if it does we make the most of the opportunities we have, as we did on this day, luckily managing to find the endemic rock wren in the rain - not an easy thing! 
The alpine kea makes for a strange parrot, but will be seen in several places on the South Island. An incredibly curious bird they provide much entertainment. 
For our pelagics we use small charter boats that are specifically certified for taking passengers. The operators we are use are people we know and trust and provide the best pelagic experienced based on working with us over many years. 
Small group sizes and relaxed travel times generally allow us to stop and make the most of birding locations we are enjoying. 
North Island kokako (Callaeas wilsoni) feeding on leaves in the sub-canopy. Tiritiri Matangi Island, Auckland, New Zealand. September. 
Wrybill (Anarhynchus frontalis) feeding and walking head on showing the bent bill. Manawatu Estuary, Manawatu, New Zealand. September. 
 
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