Activities

Ambury

Bird watching

Keen bird watchers have identified more than 86 species of birds at Ambury.

Anawhata

Bird watching

In the forest you will find fantail, grey warbler, shining cuckoo, long-tailed cuckoo, tui, morepork, waxeye, fern bird and kereru.

Atiu Creek

Bird watching

Awhitu

Bird watching

Duder

Bird watching

Huia

Bird watching

Hunua Ranges

Bird watching

Mahurangi

Bird watching

Muriwai

Bird watching

The gannet colony at the south end of Muriwai is well worth a visit between October and February.

Omana

Bird watching

You'll probably see pied oystercatchers, shags and kingfishers. Inland you might see tui, tiny grey warbler and fantail.

Scandrett

Bird watching

Shakespear

Bird watching

Tapapakanga

Bird watching

Birds you can expect to see include Whiteface heron, oystercatchers, Pied Shag, Black Shag, Tui, Kereru, Fantail and Kingfisher.

Tawharanui

Bird watching

Tawhitokino

Bird watching

Waharau

Bird watching

Waitakere Ranges

Bird watching

The Waitakere Ranges are home to a diverse range of birds such as morepork, kingfisher, shining cukoo, tui, kereru and pied tit.

Wenderholm

Bird watching

Whakanewha

Bird watching

Common native birds at the park include Kereru, tui, fantail, silvereye and grey warbler. Other bird species sighted in the parks include shining cuckoo, harriers, morepork and the occasional red crowned parakeet. The wetland supports banded rail and spotless crake. Along the coastal margin you may find, white faced heron, paradise shelduck, grey duck, South Island pied oyster catchers, pied stilt, spur winger plover, eastern bar tailed godwit and Caspian tern. The Variable oyster catcher and New Zealand Dotterel also nest in the area and drive an intensive trapping programme. You may also spot blue reef heron, kingfishers, black, pied and little shags and white fronted terns.

Whakatiwai

Bird watching

Whatipu

Bird watching