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My work as a birdwatching and nature guide allows me to show other birders New Zealand's rare endemics on Ulva Island, the world-renowned open bird sanctuary, as well as a variety of seabirds on pelagics around Stewart Island.
I have volunteered some of my time to various organisations such as SIRCET (Stewart Island/Rakiura Community Environment Trust) for their Weka movement and population census, Blue Penguin survey and Sooty Shearwater banding; the Kakapo Recovery Programme on Codfish Island; and the translocation of South Island Saddlebacks from Ulva Island to the mainland. Recently I accepted the position of Chairman of the Ulva Island Charitable Trust.
I see myself as a birdwatcher first and photographer second; but I have been fortunate enough to have a number of images published in leading British wildlife magazines as well as featuring in a few books, local publications and websites here on Stewart Island. My photographs are also used to raise money for SIRCET and are available for purchase at The Fernery Gallery & Gift Shop on Stewart Island.
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Equipment: early images were taken using Swarovski 80HD and Nikon Coolpix 450 (digi-scoping) and a few years later I upgraded to a digital SLR; Canon 30D with 100-400mm, 70-200mm & 18-50mm lenses.
Enjoy looking around my website but please don't copy, download or use my photos in any way unless you have my written permission to do so. Thanks.