After returning from Japan I had around at month at home on Stewart Island, with just a couple trips guiding on Ulva Island. This is...

In April I completed my fifteenth and final year of forest bird call counts here on Stewart Island for SIRCET. The weather was kind, so I...

Back in 2023 I got a phone call from my mate Sav who is co-owner of Wrybill Birding Tours wondering if I would be keen on guiding in...

In November 2023 I headed away to lead my first of this season’s 21-day birding tour of NZ for Wrybill birding tours.  On the journey to...

New Zealand tours, twitching, Subantarctic Islands, Antarctica, Auckland to Yokohama and birding in Japan! Latest news … well most of...

It’s been a couple of months since my last instalment and quite a bit has happened. In brief: SIRCET bird call counts I’ve been to the...

A quarter of the year gone already and April has arrived. Time definitely goes faster the older you get. Back at the beginning of 2022...

Perhaps this should read “get vaccinated, keep calm and carry on”. It’s been almost two years since the COVID-19 global pandemic changed...

Since my last update I have fallen slightly out of love with my website. I still love the design and overall appearance but the image...

Autumn has arrived to Stewart Island and with that comes colder nights and shorter days. A few days ago it also brought plane and ferry...

It’s almost a year since New Zealand went into full lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic - how the world has changed. New Zealand has...

Oh dear, what a long time since my latest news way back in April 2020. The world then was coming to grips with the enormity of COVID-19,...

The March 2020 WPO was a small expedition vessel with 10 staff of which I would be one; 12 Russian crew and 44 passengers...

I could see the obvious red, white and black face pattern of a Black-fronted Dotterel - the first one I have ever seen at Stewart Island ...

I had the pleasure of taking Clarke Gayford kiwi spotting with his film crew - he also happens to be New Zealand Prime Minister's partner...