Observations by jeanmck

Off a Bull Kelp (Durvillea sp) hold fast.

On a clay bank, brown with cream margins to the elytra. Burrower.

Chiton dredged up by reseearch vessel, pink to green, girdle scales triangular.

Very shy, in grasses, rather like a thrush with a ragged tail, reluctant flier.

Tiny flitting bird, no tail, running around trunks.

Wasp or bed like insect?

A juvenile bird with a grey bill with a black tip. Characteristic black "eye brows". Followed a fishing boat in and settled on the water to feed on discarded bait.

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Large crustacean inside a hollowed out Barrel Salp, washed ashore found on the strand line. Likely a female, as they use the salps for defence of young.

Large eared pinniped, with a blunt snout, pelage dark cream below, grey brown above.

A black and white oystercatcher, white extends over the shoulder.

large strappy brown kelp fringing the rocks at low tide.

Large dark brown bird.

Large tube nosed sea bird, with a pink bill and black and white wings

swarms of krill clear with reddish chromatophores.

Grass with tall spear like spikes.

Almost invisible leaves, short shrublike.

Metallic blue kingfisher

Brown bird with white breast and yellow face

Glossy brown ducks, female with white head, male with black