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 orchids, moths and butterflies, fungi, then everything else. No formal expertise.

I like the idea of people actually making use of my photos, so have licensed them openly. Wouldn't turn down support to take me places, to take more photos (and so to make openly available more photos of more species). Could help on field trips, bioblitz's, etc.

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.

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Photographic wishlist 2021 results:

• Corybas cryptanthus - SUCCESS! 20210901 - https://inaturalist.nz/observations/93238739
• Corybas dienemus - SUCCESS! 20211003 -https://inaturalist.nz/observations/96974768
• At least one of the Dr. Suessier species of Dracophyllum - SUCCESS 20210208: https://inaturalist.nz/observations/69407260
• Rosy Sundew - SUCCESS 20210208: https://inaturalist.nz/observations/69407198
• Red Mistletoe, flowering - SUCCESS 12/12/2021: https://inaturalist.nz/observations/103464789
• Notoreas perornata - SUCCESS 27, 28/02/2021: https://inaturalist.nz/observations/70303585
• something Metacrias - SUCCESS 31/12/2021: https://inaturalist.nz/observations/104094716
• Hit 400 moths - SUCCESS 18/12/2021: https://inaturalist.nz/observations/103518515 - makes 400th species identified, I think https://inaturalist.nz/observations/105254307 is my 400th research grade one.

Unsuccessful/rollovers to 2022:

• South Island Lichen Moth
• Hutton's Speargrass Weevil
• Katipō
• a native frog
• Thismia
• Forest Ringlet Butterfly - SUCCESS 2022/01/22/23: https://inaturalist.nz/observations/105489293
• Rockwren/pīwauwau - didn't see any on the bloody Routeburn. Getting moderately certain people made the bird up. - SUCCESS FINALLY OMG 2022/03/06: https://inaturalist.nz/observations/108099850
• Barking/Wellington Green Gecko
• Ornate Skink
• Another 50 orchid species - got to 80/124 natives on iNaturalist, plus several tag names. Unfortunately losing a trip to Great Barrier Island (Aotea) and Lake Ohia/Kaimaumau due to weather in October meant missing out on at least ten more, plus some tag named species. A couple like Caladenia bartlettii in particular managed to elude me. New goal is to get to 105.

New photographic wishlist 2022:

• White Mistletoe / Tupaia (Tupeia antarctica)
• Gray Noddy (Anous albivitta) - SUCCESS 19/02/2022: https://inaturalist.nz/observations/107367491

• at least three more skinks/geckos in addition to above
  -- +1 Eyres Skink 07/01/2022: https://inaturalist.nz/observations/104806854

• Tiny Forget-Me-Not (Myosotis brevis)
• either bat

• hit 500 moths and butterflies, including specifically:
  -- Doxophyrtis hydrocosma
  --- semi-success 10/04/2022: https://inaturalist.nz/observations/110948511
  -- Zealandopterix zonodoxa
  -- Meterana exquisita