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Matt
- Jul 13, 2022
Blackcaps and Redshanks
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...
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Matt
- Apr 6, 2022
Almost a desert island
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...
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Matt
- Jan 12, 2022
Keep calm and carry on birding
Perhaps this should read “get vaccinated, keep calm and carry on”. It’s been almost two years since the COVID-19 global pandemic changed...
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Matt
- Oct 16, 2021
The winter webs
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...
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Matt
- May 8, 2021
Island hopping
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...
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Matt
- Mar 3, 2021
Below the 47
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...
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Matt
- Dec 7, 2020
Full Circle
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,...
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Matt
- Apr 14, 2020
Birds, backs and bubbles
The March 2020 WPO was a small expedition vessel with 10 staff of which I would be one; 12 Russian crew and 44 passengers...
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Matt
- Oct 26, 2019
Wilderness and Waders
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 ...
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Matt
- Aug 12, 2019
The offseason
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...
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Matt
- May 19, 2019
Winter reflections
They had seen my Anzac Day dawn service photo and were seeking permission to use the image to create a New Zealand postage stamp ...
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Matt
- Jan 3, 2019
30 on the 1st
A "big day" 1st January 2019. The first bird was a singing Tui. I opened the curtains and the first bird I saw was a Kaka, then ...
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Matt
- Dec 23, 2018
Birding night and day, land and sea
Unpredictable weather certainly played havoc with logistics of the tour; scorching hot sunny days, biblical rain and flooding and snow ...
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Matt
- Oct 18, 2018
Southland 24-hour bird race record broken!
It was just after midnight. A car parked up in a Stewart Island street. Headlights flicked off and four shadowy figures emerged ...
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