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The Miranda Shorebird Centre is located on the Firth of Thames, a large tidal estuary, on North Island, New Zealand, about one hour's drive south-east of Auckland. It is one of the wintering grounds for the endemic Wrybill Plover (Anarhynchus frontalis). There are extensive tidal flats and saltmarsh, bordered by a shell bank chenier plain, where 129 bird species, including 41 waders have been recorded.

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Wrybill, New Zealand Dotterel, Variable Oystercatcher, Black-billed Gull, White-fronted Tern,

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Miranda Shorebird Centre
Firth of Thames, 283 East Coast Rd,
R.D. 3, POKENO,
New Zealand
Phone / Fax: +64 9 232 2781
Email: admin@miranda-shorebird.org.nz

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• Miranda Shorebird Centre