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Matt
Jul 3, 2024
Birding the Subantarctic to South Korea and everywhere in-between!
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...
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Matt
Aug 10, 2023
Where to start?!
New Zealand tours, twitching, Subantarctic Islands, Antarctica, Auckland to Yokohama and birding in Japan! Latest news … well most of...
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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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