A Visit to Stewart Island
Last month we visited Stewart Island the third island of New Zealand.
We were lucky as it was a quiet couple of days before the
tourists returned after Labour Weekend. We went to
Ulva Island and this is the bay which we left from. The most
amazing amount of seaweed grew around the rocks and you
can see some in the foreground.
Here is a tui feasting on our native fuschia tree, this is unlike
the garden varieties as it grows into a small distinctive tree.
The tui is a honey eater.
This is the bush on Ulva Island, this island is alive with birds, many of
which can no longer be see on our mainland except in special reserves.
We had barely got off the boat than we saw yellow crowned parakeets
and the lovely kakariki nesting in a hole in a tree.
This is a sketch of the micro flora which grows beneath this canopy,
our amazing guide - also called Ulva, spent some time
naming the tiny mosses, liverworts, orchids and ferns
which were growing in the leaf litter.
All images copyright Frances Jill Studd 2019
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