Spring
The days are getting longer. The weather is a mercurial mix of thunderstorms and sunshine, and trees like kōwhai and karo are heaving out flowers. The tūī are loving it.…
Angry little peepers
I'm on my way from Twizel to Wanaka, picking up little bird spots along the way. It's a low grey day, with lances of sunlight every now and then. A…
The Mountains are Calling
In the fading light of a winter afternoon, I wind my way up from the rugged west coast into the Southern Alps. Arthur's Pass will be my home for the…
kakī
I'm lying in the rivermud. It's water-worn rocks, silt and sand washed down the Tasman river to where the delta sprawls into Lake Pukaki, a thrilling turquoise even under a…
Afternoon at the Ashley Estuary
My head has been throbbing all afternoon. It’s a bluebird day, glaring sun on white sand, which isn’t helping much. But the Ashley river mouth is a good place for…
Rangitāhua – Kermadec islands Part I
The Kermadec adventure - seabirds, flying fish (and squid?!), and more!
A White Fantail
pīwakawaka - tīwaiwaka - New Zealand fantail - pied fantail In Aotearoa New Zealand, we have one species of fantail. It comes in two flavours - a pied morph (the…
Buller's albatross skating in to land, Rakiura
2018
Where has the time gone? Despite my best intentions, we're well into 2019 with very few blogs to show! Let's change that!
The Unexpected Bird
In November, I woke to a thick duvet of snow on the ground. The Eglinton Valley was having its last gasps of winter, funnelling chill winds across Knobb's Flat, where…
Grey-faced petrels at dusk, Mokohinau Islands
A Sky Full of Seabirds
Here's the story behind the photo - my finalist image in this year New Zealand Geographic Photographer of the Year Awards. I'm sitting on top of a cliff, looking west…