A small selection of images from a recent trip to Aorangi Island, Poor Knights group, Northland.
Thanks to the Department of Conservation for hooking me up with this trip!
Pterodroma cookii (Cook’s petrel)
Pittosporum cornifolium and pollinator
Sphenodon punctatus (tuatara; male)
Pig skull…from the last pig to be eradicated from the island
Deinacrida fallai (Poor Knights giant weta)
Oligosoma oliveri (Marbled skink)
Oligosoma hardyi (Hardy’s skink)
Anagotus fairburni (Flax weevil)
Pittosporum cornifolium and pollinator
Dactylocnemis ‘Poor Knights’
Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae (red-fronted kakariki)
Aorangi rock platform
Aorangi rock platform
Hoplodactylus duvaucelii (Duvaucel’s gecko)
Aorangaia and Archway Islands, from Tatua Peak
Anagotus turbotti (Turbott’s weevil) on Ngaio food plant
Anagotus turbotti (Turbott’s weevil)
Sphenodon punctatus (tuatara; male)
Dactylocnemis ‘Poor Knights’
Oligosoma roimata (Aorangi skink)
Oligosoma hardyi (Hardy’s skink)
Hoplodactylus duvaucelii (Duvaucel’s gecko)
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thanks fr yr wonderful images. Wade
Thanks for your kind words Wade
Stunning images Dylan. Cheers, Peter Buchanan
Thanks Peter, glad you enjoyed them
Hi, please contact me if you would consider allowing use of your Pittosporum photos in our publication that is describing this plant as a new species. Many thanks! Chrissen dot Gemmill at Waikato dot ac dot nz.