White faced Heron.(Egretta novaehollandiae)
The white-faced heron (Egretta novaehollandiae) also known as the white-fronted heron,[2] and incorrectly as the grey heron,[3] or blue crane,[2] is a common bird throughout most of Australasia, including New G... More
Gymnopilus junonius, Bernard Spragg Photo
Gymnopilus junonius is a species of mushroom in the family Cortinariaceae. Commonly known as Laughing Gym, Laughing Cap, Laughing Jim, or the Spectacular Rustgill, this large orange mushroom is typically found ... More
The New Zealand fantail (Rhipidura fuliginosa)
The fantail is one of New Zealand’s best known birds, with its distinctive fanned tail and loud song, and particularly because it often approaches within a metre or two of people. Its wide distribution and habi... More
Redlead Roundhead, Bernard Spragg Photo
Leratiomyces ceres,commonly known as the Redlead Roundhead, is mushroom which has a bright red to orange cap and dark purple-brown spore deposit. It is usually found growing gregariously on wood chips and is on... More
Hypholoma brunneum., Bernard Spragg Photo
Grows on wood in small clusters during autumn - winter.Common name: None.Found: Native forest.Substrate: Found on wood in small groups or singly.Spore: BrownHeight: 60 mm.Width: 40 mm.Season: Early autumn to wi... More
Gymnopilus junonius,, Bernard Spragg Photo
This impressive mushroom is found growing in dense clusters on stumps and logs of both hardwoods and conifers--and a number of associated species names are found growing in a dense cluster, as well. These speci... More
New Zealand Dotterel., Bernard Spragg Photo
The New Zealand dotterel is a familiar bird of sandy east coast beaches in the northern North Island, but is sparsely distributed around much of the rest of the country. There are two widely separated subspecie... More
Nidula candida (woolly birdsnest fungi).
Birdsnest Fungi.These are very specialised for the dispersal of their spores..Nidula candida (woolly birdsnest fungi).They are very small cup-like structures which look like a tiny bird's nest covered by a thin... More
Gymnopilus., Bernard Spragg Photo
Gymnopilus....Gymnopilus is a genus of gilled mushrooms within the fungal family Strophariaceae containing about 200 rusty-orange spored mushroom species formerly divided among Pholiota and the defunct genus Flammula.
Orange pore fungus (Favolaschia calocera, Marasmiaceae)
This little fungus is very bright orange in colour. It is fan shaped like a ping pong bat, with a short stem (up to 20 mm long), attached to the side of the cap and to logs or dead branches. Instead of gills it... More
Variable oystercatcher NZ, Bernard Spragg Photo
The variable oystercatcher (Haematopus unicolor, torea or toreapango) is found on rocky and sandy beaches. It is rare – there were around 3,500 birds in 1994, and they are found only in New Zealand...Also known... More
Gymnopilus, Bernard Spragg Photo
This impressive mushroom is found growing in dense clusters on stumps and logs of both hardwoods and conifers--and a number of associated species names are found growing in a dense cluster, as well. These speci... More
Bolete, Bernard Spragg Photo. Bernard Spragg photography
A bolete is a type of fungal fruiting body characterized by the presence of a pileus that is clearly differentiated from the stipe, with a spongy surface of pores (rather than gills) on the underside of the pil... More
Weka, or woodhen NZ.(Gallirallus australis)
Wekas, or woodhens, are members of the rail family which are mainly aquatic birds, all capable of swimming well. Apart from the Pukeko and Weka, rails are secretive birds, usually found skulking in freshwater s... More
Gymnopilus spectabilis., Bernard Spragg Photo
Gymnopilus junonius is a species of mushroom in the family Cortinariaceae. Commonly known as laughing gym, laughing Jim, or the spectacular rustgill, this large orange mushroom is typically found growing on tre... More
Hypholoma fasciculare., Bernard Spragg Photo
Hypholoma fasciculare, commonly known as the sulphur tuft, sulfur tuft or clustered woodlover, is a common woodland mushroom, often in evidence when hardly any other mushrooms are to be found. This saprophagic ... More
Paper Kite.Malaysia., Bernard Spragg Photo
The Paper Kite, Rice Paper, or Large Tree Nymph[1] butterfly (Idea leuconoe) is known especially for its presence in butterfly greenhouses and live butterfly expositions. The Paper Kite is of Southeast Asian origin.
New Zealand Bush Robin. Bernard Spragg photography
New Zealand robins and tomtits resemble British robins, but the two groups are not closely related. The New Zealand species belong to the Australian–New Guinean family Petroicidae...Robins and tomtits have larg... More
New Zealand Bush Robin. (Philesturnus carunculatus)
New Zealand robins and tomtits resemble British robins, but the two groups are not closely related. The New Zealand species belong to the Australian–New Guinean family Petroicidae...Robins and tomtits have larg... More
Coprinopsis sp, Bernard Spragg Photo
Common name: Ink Caps.Found: Native bush.Substrate: Buried Wood.Spore: BlackHeight: 100 mm.Width: 40 mm.Season: Spring.Edible: No
Coprinus., Bernard Spragg Photo
Coprinus is a small genus of mushroom-forming fungi consisting of Coprinus comatus and several of its close relatives.
Spur winged plover. (Vanellus miles),
The masked lapwing (Vanellus miles), also known as the masked plover and often called the spur-winged plover or just plover in its native range, is a large, common and conspicuous bird native to Australia, part... More
Crepidotus versutus. ( evasive agaric)
Crepidotus versutus, commonly known as the evasive agaric, is a species of fungi in the family Crepidotaceae. It is saprobic on wood, like other Crepidotus species, but it can also decompose herbaceous forest l... More
Spotted Shag. NZ (Phalacrocorax punctatus).
The spotted shag or parekareka (Phalacrocorax punctatus) is a species of cormorant endemic to New Zealand. Originally classified as Phalacrocorax punctatus, it is sufficiently different in appearance from typic... More
Yellow-eyed penguin (Megadyptes antipodes)
It is found only in New Zealand. They are found mostly on the southeast coast of the South Island, Stewart Island and on the subantarctic Campbell and Auckland Islands. Their numbers on the mainland have declin... More
Hypholoma brunneum., Bernard Spragg Photo
Grows on wood in small clusters during autumn - winter..Common name: None..Found: Native forest..Substrate: Found on wood in small groups or singly..Spore: BrownHeight: 60 mm..Width: 40 mm..Season: Early autumn... More
Variable oystercatcher. (Haematopus unicolor)
The variable oystercatcher (Haematopus unicolor, torea or toreapango) is found on rocky and sandy beaches. It is rare – there were around 3,500 birds in 1994, and they are found only in New Zealand...Also known... More
Yellow-eyed penguin., Bernard Spragg Photo
Unique to New Zealand, the hoiho, or yellow-eyed penguin, is thought to be one of the world's rarest penguin species...Yellow-eyed penguins/hoiho are found along the south-east South Island and on Banks Peninsu... More
Entoloma haastii., Bernard Spragg Photo
Entoloma haastii. is a mushroom in the Entolomataceae family. Described as new to science in 1964, it is known only from New Zealand, where it grows on the ground in leaf litter, usually near Nothofagus species.
The Australasian crested grebe.
The Australasian crested grebe is majestic and distinctive diving bird that is usually seen on the southern lakes of New Zealand where it breeds. It has a slender neck, sharp black bill and head with a distinct... More
Paxillus involutus, commonly known as the brown roll-rim,
Paxillus involutus, commonly known as the brown roll-rim, common roll-rim, or poison pax, is a basidiomycete fungus widely distributed across the Northern Hemisphere. It has been unintentionally introduced to A... More
Stinkhorn fungus., Bernard Spragg Photo
The fruiting body of a stinkhorn fungus emerges from the ground as an egg-like structure. It then splits open, revealing a stalk with a number of coloured arms. This species, Anthurus archeri, is growing in a c... More
Basket Fungi., Bernard Spragg Photo
Ileodictyon cibarium is a saprobic species of fungus in the family Phallaceae. It is endemic to New Zealand, where it commonly known as the basket fungus or the white basket fungus, alluding to the fruiting bod... More
Clathrus archeri., Bernard Spragg Photo
This is Clathrus archeri. Looking every inch the result of a GM experiment gone wrong, it resembles a strange cross between a toadstool and an octopus...Yet this is not the result of some subterranean gene-spl... More
White heron. (Egretta alba modesta)
A rare bird..Rare in New Zealand, with a population of just 100–120 birds, the elegant white heron or kōtuku (Egretta alba modesta) is nevertheless common in India, Japan, China and Australia. With a long, slen... More
Cortinarius sanguineus, Bernard Spragg Photo
Cortinarius semisanguineus is a medium-sized mushroom with a pale brown to ochre cap, and bright blood-red gills. It belongs to the genus Cortinarius, a group collectively known as webcap
Variable Oystercatcher with chick.
Endemic to New Zealand, the Variable Oystercatcher, Haematopus unicolor, is a bird that many people will happily stop and watch as it goes about hunting for food...The Variable Oystercatcher is to be found on b... More
Puff balls.Calvatia, Bernard Spragg Photo
Puffballs range widely in size and appearance--from tiny species that grow in clusters on wood, to large, terrestrial species growing in fairy rings in meadows.
Cairns Birdwing on leaf.. Bernard Spragg photography
The Cairns Birdwing (Ornithoptera euphorion) is a species of birdwing butterfly endemic to northeastern Australia, and is Australia's largest endemic butterfly species.
Paper Kite.Malaysia., Bernard Spragg Photo
The Paper Kite Butterfly only has two rather common colors, black and white, but is still an eye catching beauty. The way the light shines through the wings is just amazing, and if there are other colors around... More
Ivory conch Conchomyces bursaeformis.
ivory conch– a small, stemless mushroom growing on rotten wood with white gills and pale grey top.
Geastrum saccatum Earth star.. Bernard Spragg photography
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Saddleback.(Philesturnus carunculatus), Bernard Spragg Photo
A native bird of New Zealand..A medium-sized black songbird with a chestnut-coloured saddle across the back, fleshy reddish-orange wattles at the base of the bill, and a pointed black bill. Juveniles have choco... More
Cairns Birdwing, Bernard Spragg Photo
The Cairns Birdwing butterfly is the largest of all Australian butterflies and found along northeastern Australia from Mackay to Cooktown..Its scientific name is Ornithoptera euphorion.The male birdwing is gree... More
Clipper "Parthenos sylvia", Bernard Spragg Photo
The Clipper (Parthenos sylvia) is a species of nymphalid butterfly found in South and South-East Asia, mostly in forested areas. The Clipper is a fast flying butterfly and has a habit of flying with its wings f... More
Amanita sp, Bernard Spragg Photo
The genus Amanita contains about 600 species of agarics including some of the most toxic known mushrooms found worldwide, as well as some well-regarded edible species. This genus is responsible for approximatel... More
Keas., Bernard Spragg Photo. Bernard Spragg photography
The kea Nestor notabilis) is a large species of parrot of the superfamily Strigopoidea found in forested and alpine regions of the South Island of New Zealand. About 48 cm (19 in) long, it is mostly olive-gree... More
Shoveler Duck NZ, Bernard Spragg Photo
The Australasian shoveler (Anas rhynchotis) is a species of dabbling duck in the genus Anas. It ranges from 46–53 cm. It lives in heavily vegetated swamps. In Australia it is protected under the National Parks ... More
Clathrus archeri., Bernard Spragg Photo
Clathrus archeri, commonly known as octopus stinkhorn, or devil's fingers, is a fungus indigenous to Australia, including Tasmania, and New Zealand, and an introduced species in Europe, North America and Asia.