Elephant seals frequent a few different sites around the Falkland Islands. The easiest place to see them is on Sea Lion Island where this series of photos were taken. Dense groups of girthy blubbery bodies lay strewn across the sand […]

The Falkland Islands have five main types of penguins (with a few others occasional visitors). They are everywhere! If you love penguins then its the place to go. The King penguins are the tallest and have fluffy teddy-bear brown chicks. […]

It was nesting season for black-browed albatrosses while I was in the Falklands. They nest in large noisy colonies along cliffs and steep slopes, providing great take-off terrain. They build distinctive turret nests out of mud, grass, tussock, poo and […]

Everything about black-browed albatrosses is stunning – from their striking eyes, to their effortless soaring flight, to their elegant beautifully-choreographed courtship. Bowing, vocalizations, tender bill-fencing, tail displaying, and allopreening are all indications that love is in the air. Black browed […]

I have just returned from a trip to the Falkland Islands. It was amazing – a wildlife photographers paradise!!! A visual feast all day, every day, against the backdrop of stunning low latitude light. I have taken thousands of photos […]

It was World Animal Day yesterday – a day to celebrate the amazing animals we share the planet with and to raise our voices for the creatures who cannot always defend themselves. While I have posted about wrybills before (and […]

Every year, the return of the bar-tailed godwits to New Zealand marks one of nature’s most astonishing migratory feats. These slender long-beaked shorebirds complete a nonstop perilous flight of over 11000km from Alaska to New Zealand which takes about eight […]

Get your votes in folks – it’s time for New Zealand Bird of the Year. BOTY raises important awareness of our native and endemic birds and the threats they face – many of the birds unknown to your average New […]

Miranda in the Firth of Thames is an internationally significant feeding ground for around 40 migratory wading bird species. The foreshore shell banks, ponds and tidal flats are a fantastic place to see large flocks of birds such as wrybill […]

New Zealand’s lakes are home to a rich variety of wildlife, both native and introduced, and play a vital role in our country’s ecosystems. Did you know our eels which are endemic to NZ can live over 80 years and […]