With the weather being so hot while I was away, the birds were harder to find, along with the energy to go look for them. However when I go out with the camera I do challenge myself to come back with at least one image and while there was a lack of birds, there were […]
Saturday morning was just as stunning as the day before so once again the cameras came out and we headed back to the beach. This time the tide was still heading out and we joined the birds as they slowly followed the water in search of small crabs and shellfish. We went to a different
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Beach, Coromandel, Fantail, Kingfishers, NZ Dotterel, Oyster Catchers
Every couple of months I head North to Auckland to visit my two mothers. My mother and my stepmother both live in rest homes in South Auckland within a couple of kilometres of each other. I have been unable to visit them over the lock-down period, so it was nice to be able to see
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Coromandel, Fantail, NZ Dotterel, Oyster Catchers
Just after boxing day, my cousin shared an image of a tern chick that had me champing at the bit to go to Coromandel. She hasn’t been into photography for long but she is certainly picking up new skills fast! We had already planned to drive up to Rotorua for a couple of days to
One of the few attractions in Coromandel that I hadn’t yet visited was the Driving Creek Railway. I had been given mixed stories about it from friends who had been there and now that I have been I can sort of understand way. The place is all about one man’s passion for pottery and unless
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abstract, bee, Coromandel, Landscapes
One of the reasons for my recent visit to Kereta was to see the New Zealand dotterels in their full breeding colours. Usually by the time I get there they already have chicks and their colours are already fading. The rangers around the Coromandel Peninsula are very good at putting up signs and fencing off
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Coromandel, NZ Dotterel
I have recently returned from a few days in Coromandel staying with my cousin at Kereta. My cousin is new to photography and having recently joining the Thames Camera Club she is motivated to get out with her camera. So that is exactly what we did. Their property is hilly and has some bush areas
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Coromandel, Fantail, Grey Warbler
I have never really been a beach person, at least not until I found bird photography. Now I go there for the birds whenever I get the opportunity. Recently I took a few of my friends to one of my favourite places for bird photography, the Coromandel Peninsula. We stayed at a house right on
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Coromandel, NZ Dotterel
The 309 Road is 22km gravel road in Coromandel and there are a couple of theories as to why it is named that. One being that it took a horse and cart 309 minutes to travel it and the other is that it has 309 bends in the road. I neither traveled it in a
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Coromandel
Still at Kereta, Coromadel and the B&B has a couple of other guests staying as well. We spent last night teaching two French Engineers how to play Skip-Bo and drinking wine. This morning after a bit of a sleep in, I crept outside with my camera to see if the kingfishers were playing, and indeed
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