• Lagoon loop track on SH1, travel 3.1km north from the Blenheim information centre to Fell Street turnoff. Follow Fell Street for 700 metres, turn right onto Steam Wharf Road. Car park and information board 400 metres.
• Grade: easy (walk)
• Time: one hour
• Distance: 4km
• Birdlife of note to see: mallard and grey ducks, black swan, grey teal, Australasian shoveler, pūkeko, NZ scaup, kingfisher, cormorants, white heron, royal spoonbill, welcome swallow, many introduced species
• Walk, bike or kayak
Tips: remember your lifejacket if using your kayak
• take the time to watch bird life from the birdwatching hide
• keep your eye out for a sighting of the elusive marsh crake or bittern
• between May 1 and July 31, duck hunters may be present…