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White faced Heron.(Egretta novaehollandiae)

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, 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 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

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

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

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

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).

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., 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)

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

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

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

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)

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 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., 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

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 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 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

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., 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),

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. ( 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).

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)

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

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)

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

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., 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.

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,

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

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

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

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)

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 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.

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

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

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

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 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

Geastrum saccatum Earth star.. Bernard Spragg photography

SONY DSC Public domain scan of print / book page depicting birds, ornithology, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Saddleback.(Philesturnus carunculatus), Bernard Spragg Photo

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

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

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

Oudemansiella Australis (6), Bernard Spragg Photo
Amanita sp, Bernard Spragg Photo

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

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

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., 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.

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