Natural New Zealand - Wildlife and Flora.
Photographs of some of New Zealand's birds, trees, ferns, seals and other natural things we saw whilst on holiday in New Zealand.
Whilst travelling around on our New Zealand Holidays we saw lots of wildlife everywhere and also whilst out walking some sections of various tramping trails we enjoyed the beautiful countryside. Trails such as the Abel Tasman are saturated with both large and small ferns of all varieties as well as lots of mosses - a real delight to walk through. Milford Sound is of course well know for it's beauty and also the amount of wildlife which can be seen if you are lucky - we certainly saw plenty of seals whilst on our trip plus several penguins both on that Sound and on Doubtful Sound.
Particularly on South Island we came across loads of wading birds on the mostly deserted beaches and around Farewell Spit - also quite often idle sleepy seals although some did seem to be enjoying a bit of surfing too. Penguins were pretty hard to spot - they are amazingly shy - we did see several on the empty beaches north of Christchurch but they quickly cleared off into the sea and we were unable to get any decent photos.
New Zealand's Ferns and Flowers etc.
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| Various ferns | Ferns - Abel Tasman | Ferns at Anchorage | Ferns at Marahau |
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| Ferns | Bottlebrush Tree | Flora | Hottentot Fig |
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| Broom at Lake Mistletoe | Broom | Bottlebrush Tree | Ferns |
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| Yellow Lupins | Lupins | Mauve Lupins | Lupins |
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| Ferns | Flowers | Ferns at Pupu Walkway | Sphagnum Moss |
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| Tree fern at Totaranui | Large Quaking Grass | Foxgloves | Waimangu Valley New Zealand flora |
Birds and Seals spotted in New Zealand.
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| Bar-tailed Godwit | Black Shag | Black Swans | A Black Swan | Fur Seal at Cape Foulwind |
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| Ducks-hybrid | Ducks-hybrid | Fur Seal | Fur Seal | Seal at Gillespies Beach |
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| New Zealand Kea | Kingfisher | Little Shag | Little Shag | Mallard |
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| Milford Sound Seals | Seals | New Zealand Scaup | Paradise Shellduck | Pied Shag |
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| Red Billed Gull | Spoonbill | Spotted Shag | Spotted Shag | Spur Winged Plover |
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| Variable Oystercatchers | White Faced Heron | White Faced Heron | Yellowhammer | Birds in New Zealand |
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