Finally it's not windy and though not specially warm it's not cold either so I biked the 10 Km round trip to the west side of the estuary (at Princes Street). 🐦

It was mid-tide but there weren't very many birds around. I did get snaps of Mt Manaia, a white-faced heron and a pied stilt.

Mt Manaia in the distance with greenery in mid-ground and calm water in foreground.
Pied stilt on river mud with heron in water in the background.
Pied stilt in flight and heron striding with an odd-looking posture across mud in the background.