An enthusiast of New Zealand's flora and fauna, with a camera, living in Wellington but always travelling. My hierachy of likes is probably birds, geckos and skinks, then moths and butterflies, fungi, then everything else. Native orchids are also the new exciting thing since July 2020. No formal expertise.

I like the idea of people actually making use of my photos, so have licensed them openly. But wouldn't turn down financial support, ie to help take me places to take more photos to make openly available.

Looking forward to a predator free NZ, including changes to societal attitudes around cats and dogs.

Backcaptured lizards, bugs, fungi, etc to early 2018 when I bought a macro lens, with a few more from 2017 sporadically backcaptured.

Photographic wishlist 2020 results:

• Barking/Wellington Green Gecko - Nope
• Ornate Skink - Nope
• Giraffe Weevils - SUCCESS 20200307 - https://inaturalist.nz/observations/39686352
• Rockwren/pīwauwau - nope. Bird is clearly fictional.
• Long Tailed Cuckoo/koekoeā - SUCCESS 20200125 - https://inaturalist.nz/observations/37979561
• Forest Ringlet Butterfly - X none found, season over
• New Zealand Peripatus - SUCCESS 20200718 - https://inaturalist.nz/observations/53583318
• Spurred Helmet Orchid - Full Success with an intact flower 20200809 - https://inaturalist.nz/observations/56015377
• At least one of the Dr. Suessier species of Dracophyllum - saw a few more species, but nothing meeting this criteria
• Corybas cryptanthus - X none found, season over
• Corybas dienemus - X possibly found leaves, but flowers long gone so unconfirmable.

Photographic wishlist 2021: Rollovers:

• Corybas cryptanthus - SUCESS! 20200104 - found fruiting stems, so know where to go in winter for the flower! https://inaturalist.nz/observations/67564815
• Corybas dienemus - know where to look again
• At least one of the Dr. Suessier species of Dracophyllum - SUCCESS 20210208: https://inaturalist.nz/observations/69407260
• Forest Ringlet Butterfly
• Rockwren/pīwauwau
• Barking/Wellington Green Gecko
• Ornate Skink

New:

• Another 50 orchid species
• Red Mistletoe, flowering
• Notoreas perornata - SUCCESS 27, 28/02/2021: https://inaturalist.nz/observations/70303585
• South Island Lichen Moth
• Hutton's Speargrass Weevil
• Katipō
• Rosy Sundew - SUCCESS 20210208: https://inaturalist.nz/observations/69407198
• a native frog