Where you can watch birds
Ambury Regional Park
Bird watchers have identified more than 86 species of birds at
Ambury Regional Park.
Anawhata Regional Park
In the forests of
Anawhata Regional Park you will find:
- fantail
- fern bird
- grey warbler
- kererū
- long-tailed cuckoo
- morepork
- shining cuckoo
- tūī
- waxeye.
Ātiu Creek Regional Park
Ātiu Creek Regional Park's forest and scrubland is home to:
- fantail
- grey warblers
- kererū
- morepork
- tūī.
The pasture, shoreline and salt marshes contain:
- banded rails
- fern birds
- kingfishers
- spur-winged plovers
- white- faced herons.
The reservoir features:
- black swans
- brown teal (pāteke)
- grey ducks
- mallards
- paradise shell ducks
- NZ dabchicks.
Long Bay Regional Park
Head to
Long Bay Regional Park to find birds such as:
- fantail
- kererū
- kingfisher
- oyster catchers
- quail
- rosella
- tūī
- white faced heron.
Mahurangi Regional Park
Mahurangi Regional Park is home to a number of native birds and sea birds, including:
- blue penguin
- blue reef heron
- dotterels
- grey warbler
- kererū
- little shags
- pied oyster catchers
- shining cuckoo
- tūī.
Muriwai Regional Park
The gannet colony at the south end of
Muriwai Regional Park is worth a visit between October and February.
Ōmana Regional Park
Visit
Ōmana Regional Park to see:
- fantail
- kingfishers
- pied oyster catchers
- shags
- tiny grey warbler
- tūī.
Scandrett Regional Park
Scandrett Regional Park is a great place to view shorebirds, with a resident population of:
- dotterel
- fantail
- kerurū
- oyster catcher
- tūī.
Shakespear Regional Park
Shakespear Regional Park's open sanctuary contains many natives, including:
- bellbirds
- dotterel
- goldfinches
- kākāriki
- kererū
- oyster catchers
- rosella
- tūī
- white faced herons.
Tāpapakanga Regional Park
Birds you can expect to see at
Tāpapakanga Regional Park include:
- black shag
- fantail
- kingfishers
- kerurū
- oyster catchers
- pied shag
- tūī
- whiteface heron.
Tāwharanui Regional Park
Tāwharanui Regional Park's open sanctuary includes:
- bellbird
- fantail
- kaka
- kiwi
- morepork
- North Island robin
- pāteke/brown teal
- saddleback.
Te Muri Regional Park
Te Muri Regional Park is home to a number of native and sea birds, including:
- blue penguin
- blue reef heron
- dotterel
- grey warbler
- kererū
- little shag
- pied oyster catcher
- shining cuckoo
- tūī.
Waharau Regional Park
On the eastern side of the rugged Hunua Ranges,
Waharau Regional Park extends from the range to the coast.
Here you will find farmland, river banks and forest for bird watching, camping, picnics, walking and mountain biking.
Waitākere Ranges
The parks in the Waitākere Ranges are home to a diverse range of birds such as:
- kerurū
- kingfisher
- morepork
- pied tit
- shining cuckoo
- tūī.
Wenderholm Regional Park
Wenderholm Regional Park is a good spot for finding:
- fantail
- grey warbler
- kererū
- morepork
- tūī.
Shorebirds such as oyster catchers and the rare dotterel also make their home in this park.
Whakanewha Regional Park
Birds spotted at
Whakanewha Regional Park include:
- banded rail
- black shags
- blue reef heron
- caspian tern
- eastern bar-tailed godwit
- fantail
- grey duck
- grey warbler
- harriers
- kererū
- kingfishers
- little shags
- morepork
- NZ dotterel
- paradise shelduck
- pied oyster catchers
- pied shags
- pied stilt
- red crowned parakeet
- shining cuckoo
- silvereye
- spotless crake
- spur-winger plover
- tūī
- variable oyster catcher
- white-faced heron
- white-fronted terns.
Whakatīwai Regional Park
Whakatīwai Regional Park has a shelly sand foreshore, and is a haven for migratory birds.
