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The Kakas of Stewart Island

Kaka at Fuchsia Walk, Oban. After a night in the DoC hut at Mason Bay (which included a very close encounter with a kiwi, at about 1am just as we were about to give up searching) we hiked across the...

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Dawn at Cascade Creek

Southern Beech forest in Fiordland After a fantastic day driving up the Milford Highway, we arrived at Milford Sound late in the afternoon and found the famous fjord filled with low cloud, and the only...

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Moreporks at Marahau

Marahau From Fiordland we made our way back to Te Anau, and then north to Queenstown, Wanaka, Franz Josef Glacier, Greymouth, Westport and through the mist-shrouded Buller Gorge into the Tasman Region,...

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Grove Scenic Reserve

New Zealand Pigeon at Grove Scenic Reserve On our first day at Abel Tasman, we drove over the never ending switchbacks of Takaka Hill to see a few locations to the north of the state park. We visited...

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Bellbird Chorus

New Zealand Bellbird – photo by Li-Li Williams With the busy days, long drives and late nights there weren’t many mornings in NZ when I felt like getting up early enough to catch the dawn chorus,...

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Wai-O-Tapu Geothermal Wonderland

Hot pool at Wai-O-Tapu We only had a few days in North Island, so after visiting the fantastic Zealandia wildlife sanctuary in Wellington and the predator-free reserve on Kapiti Island, we had a long...

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Wood Warbler

This morning I paid a visit to Yarner Wood, an area of ancient oak and beech woodland on the eastern side of Dartmoor National Park. I was planning to record Pied Flycatchers, which a few weeks ago...

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The Cuckoo and the Deer

Today was the first time this spring when I’ve been free for a morning recording session on a day when the weather forecast looked promising. After waking up at 03:30 I headed for Dartmoor National...

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Dusk in Subang Jaya

This recording was made whilst staying with family in Subang Jaya, just outside Kuala Lumpur in Peninsular Malaysia. Although the area was undergoing drought conditions, evening thunderstorms were...

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Night at Fraser’s Hill

During our visit to Malaysia we visited the birdwatching hot-spot of Fraser’s Hill, the least developed of the hill stations in Peninsular Malaysia. We stayed at the Arundel Bungalow, located on the...

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