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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
The Kermadec adventure - seabirds, flying fish (and squid?!), and more!
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…
Where has the time gone? Despite my best intentions, we're well into 2019 with very few blogs to show! Let's change that!
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…
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…
I've been much better at keeping the birdventure updated on instagram and twitter (check out #whosebutt for Whose butt is it anyway?! - a wee game I've started on twitter!)…