South Island Birding Spots

[craiga]

Hi all. I've got the wonderful opportunity to spend the next month on holiday in the South Island. As a relatively new birder (first post!!) I was wondering if anyone had tips on places to visit. Where are the special South Island birding sites?? I've got a few lined up already, but want to make the most of the trip.

[AngryBird45]

Where in the South Island are you going?

[Jake]

I did a two-day in Marlborough recently that has my tips viewtopic.php?f=4&t=10711

There's a good feature on ebird (if you use it) that tells you what your best bets are for a given region, to contribute to your lists too

[craiga]

Thanks for your replies. I'll mainly be spending time in the West Coast, Fiordland, Stewart Island and Caitlins. Will head up through Dunedin and Christchurch on way back North though. Thanks for the tip about ebird. I've registered, but am not familiar with all the features - I'll check that out.