• This tough Horoeka leaf was so old before the tree discarded it, it’d grown its own garden of lichens. So interesting to think how long a non-deciduou...
  • A hot summer‘s day the bush, cool and dark,fresh creek air,curtains of mossand fernfilter light.Where else to be?#inthebush #nzforest #sunlightthrough...
  • Looking back with gratitude to opportunities that 2022 provided. Pictured are some moments from the highlights. I’d be remiss if I didn’t mention it’s...
  • Nature highlights from 2022. Long-tailed blue butterfly, ruru in the garden, prickly stick insect, stunning lichen, silver back spider orchid, pixie c...
  • Summertime #kiwisummer #nzchristmastree #pohutukawa
  • Moko the awesome 800 year old rimu. I’d love to have sound on and accompanying bird song but sadly there were some very noisy dogs around spoiling the...
  • Kohia was one of the highlights of our nature walk today. Learning to identify this serpentine and tangled vine and its flowers was a first for some o...
  • Winika also known as Christmas orchids #otariwiltonsbush #otariwiltonbushtrust #nzorchids
  • Sometimes someone spots a little piece of magic in the bush #otariwiltonsbush #nzfungi #naturewalk #otariwiltonbushtrust
  • Pohutukawa unfurling #everydecember #festiveflora #pohutukawa #nzflora
  • Native mistletoe #ileostylusmicranthus #mistletoe #nzflora
  • My favourite kind of skink #copperskink #inthegarden #nzlizards
  • ObservationRock, red rata lance-like leaves#southernrata #rakiura #observationrock
  • Guess where the prevailing wind comes from #krummholz #windblownbtree #portwilliam #rakiuratrack
  • This fluffed up bundle and its mate were sunning themselves beside a track on Ulva Island. They didn’t let a few interested passerbys interrupt their...
  • Fingers of tannin creek waterreach across the sandfor the sea,a kiwi left its trackshere too.#rakiura #stewartisland #sandtrees #tannincreek #kiwiwash...
  • Orchid bounty on Rakiura #nzorchids #greenhoods #spiderorchids #motoraumoanagardens
  • Despite the insistent rain, there’s been enough sunshine to entice this copper skink out for a sunbathe. Copper skinks are normally crepuscular (don’t...