NATIVE BIRDS ON THE WAIMEA ESTUARY

​Waimea Inlet is the largest semi-enclosed estuary in the South Island and recognised as a wetland of international importance.  

The Inlet is home to some of New Zealand’s most rare and threatened native plants and animals, including birds like the variable oystercatcher, wrybill, banded rail, marsh crake, Australasian bittern and bar-tailed godwit. 

The Battle for the Banded Rail Project is restoring vegetation and undertaking extensive trapping in areas of significance around the inlet.  The goal is to increase the numbers of banded rail and other shy margin dwelling birds on the estuary.
 

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