Waingapu Bay
A few minutes walk from Waingapu town, the mud-flats and sandbars of waingapu bay attract good numbers of shorebirds during the migration months of Mar-may and late Jul-Oct. the variety of species is variable; careful scanning of the high water roost on a sandbar at the eastern end is sometimes rewarded with scarcer shorebird species.
Key species
Far Eastern Curlew, Greater Sand-plover, Great Knot, Terek Sandpiper, Rufous-necked stint, Broad-billed Sandpiper has also been recorded.
Getting there
Opposite the police booth to left of the Merlin hotel, take a track down the side of the mosque. Turn left at the asphalt road and walk for 400 m as far as sharp right bend. Continue straight on along a dirt track for 100 m to a second asphalt road. Turn right and continue for 200 m to a sharp right-hand bend. Take a small path on the left across disused shrimp ponds to the beach.