I have been visiting Front Beach/Flaxmill Bay on the Coromandel Peninsular regularly for as long as I can remember. In early January I was pleased to see, for only the second year I can recall, New Zealand Dotterels breeding there. This was the first I have seen a chick, so I obviously took the opportunity […]
Issue 95 of New Zealand Geographic features an article on godwits—written by Denis Welch and photos by me. The January – February 2009 issue of New Zealand Geographic is now out and the feature on godwits includes a dozen of my photos. Bar-tailed godwits / kuaka (Limosa lapponica) are the commonest Arctic migrant in NZ […]
I recently spent two weeks travelling around the South Island, sightseeing and photographing some of the fantastic landscapes and wildlife found there. I now have a few late nights ahead culling thousands of photos. All going well, over the next couple of weeks I should have some nice shots of crested grebes, yellow-eyed penguins, rare […]
I recently spent a great couple of days photographing shorebirds at Opoutere in the Coromandel Peninsular. Although it was still early in the season, some of the New Zealand dotterels were in stunning red breeding plumage and I witnessed courtship displays that I have not seen before. NZ dotterels are one of my favourite photo subjects […]
I’ve just added this new section to the site. I plan to use it to highlight significant additions of new images, changes to the site content or structure etc.. If I think it worth sharing, I might even ramble about other things occasionally. I guess you might call it a blog. Stay tuned…