Those of you that don’t avoid this site on Wednesdays to avoid my posts may have noticed that I didn’t post last week. This...

One of the nice things about Christmas in New Zealand is that we get to experience it in the summer, when things are pretty...

Birding blog trip reports usually are rousing stories of success against incredible odds, or at the very least spectacular failures that make the reader laugh. The...

I’ve just started a new job which has sucked out all of my time, so I was running late trying to dream up a...

Just a quick post today to appreciate one of New Zealand’s most attractive birds, the Paradise Shelduck. This is brought about by a visit...

Now that the Earth has rotated somewhat and the Northern Hemisphere types that tormented me through June to September with all their tales of...

When it comes down to it New Zealand is all about islands. The whole place itself is an island, but the main islands are...

Seeing one of the world’s rarest birds is not something you’d usually think an easy task. Species with a world population in the hundreds...