• Monday March 27th Reserve Closed Due to Flooding
    **Please note that the reserve is still closed today Mon 27th March as the paths are still flooded. However by tomorrow with the high tide cycle gone we should be able to open 50% of the paths (First...
  • Rarities on the Reserve
    Please note the reserve is open from 9am – 6pm, covid guidance is in place e.g. test and trace, social distancing, reduced capacity and masks in enclosed areas. Please be kind to others especially if...
  • Its alive! Spring floods brings an amazing bird bounty
    Our cup is certainly running over at the moment with yet another massive series of tides and currently most of the reserve paths flooded to above wellington height and therefore closed. However, we have...
  • Reserve just hooching with birds!
    This morning the reserve right across all the lagoons was absolutely hooching with both number and quality of birds on high tide . Rather than write about everything here are just a few pictures from...
  • Big tides force reserve closure
    As you can see the tides have come across the whole site this last two days and we expect more of the same at least until tomorrow and Wednesday. So as the paths will be flooded quite deep as of this...