Mark Hows
@mammalmark.bsky.social
Mostly Mammals but likes all wildlife particularly Ladybirds, Birds, Moths, Herps, Butterflies, Dragonflies and Plants. Likes real ale and and chips.
🇳🇿 New Zealand- Day 12 - Kaikoura Pelagic with some excellent views of Albatross, petrels and shearwater, grey faced petrel of note but Northern Royal Albatross the star
November 21, 2025 at 10:33 AM
🇳🇿 New Zealand- Day 12 - Kaikoura Pelagic with some excellent views of Albatross, petrels and shearwater, grey faced petrel of note but Northern Royal Albatross the star
🇳🇿 New Zealand- Day 11 - Queen Charlotte sound and Blumine island 2/2 - Awesome mammals - Hectors dolphin is very rare
November 20, 2025 at 9:38 AM
🇳🇿 New Zealand- Day 11 - Queen Charlotte sound and Blumine island 2/2 - Awesome mammals - Hectors dolphin is very rare
🇳🇿 New Zealand- Day 11 - Queen Charlotte sound and Blumine island 1/2 - Awesome birds - King shag and orange fronted parakeet are super rare
November 20, 2025 at 9:34 AM
🇳🇿 New Zealand- Day 11 - Queen Charlotte sound and Blumine island 1/2 - Awesome birds - King shag and orange fronted parakeet are super rare
🇳🇿 New Zealand- Day 10 - Foxton to Picton - Mostly travelling, dusky dolphin of note from the ferry and a few photos from the North Island to finish our time there
November 19, 2025 at 4:22 AM
🇳🇿 New Zealand- Day 10 - Foxton to Picton - Mostly travelling, dusky dolphin of note from the ferry and a few photos from the North Island to finish our time there
🇳🇿 New Zealand- Day 9 - Napier to Foxton we had excellent views of all the birds today in perfect weather conditions the spotless crake showed amazingly well
November 18, 2025 at 9:04 AM
🇳🇿 New Zealand- Day 9 - Napier to Foxton we had excellent views of all the birds today in perfect weather conditions the spotless crake showed amazingly well
🇳🇿 New Zealand- Day 8 - Lake Taupo to Napier produced a few good birds despite the mixed weather
November 18, 2025 at 8:59 AM
🇳🇿 New Zealand- Day 8 - Lake Taupo to Napier produced a few good birds despite the mixed weather
🇳🇿 New Zealand- Day 7 - An excellent day from the Thames estuary to Lake Taupo catching up with some excellent birds the Blue ducks showed very well
November 17, 2025 at 4:47 AM
🇳🇿 New Zealand- Day 7 - An excellent day from the Thames estuary to Lake Taupo catching up with some excellent birds the Blue ducks showed very well
🇳🇿 New Zealand- Day 6 - Still poor conditions but we made a day trip to Tiritiri island in the pouring rain to catch up with some rare species the Kōkako was awesome
November 15, 2025 at 8:13 AM
🇳🇿 New Zealand- Day 6 - Still poor conditions but we made a day trip to Tiritiri island in the pouring rain to catch up with some rare species the Kōkako was awesome
🇳🇿 New Zealand- Day 5 - Terrible weather so no kiwis possible but we managed a few new birds in the torrential rain
November 14, 2025 at 8:29 AM
🇳🇿 New Zealand- Day 5 - Terrible weather so no kiwis possible but we managed a few new birds in the torrential rain
🇳🇿 New Zealand- Day 4 - Another Pelagic, very calm so few birds, Wilson's storm Petrel of note but the cetaceans were the star, common and bottlenose dolphins and long fin pilot whales
November 13, 2025 at 8:59 AM
🇳🇿 New Zealand- Day 4 - Another Pelagic, very calm so few birds, Wilson's storm Petrel of note but the cetaceans were the star, common and bottlenose dolphins and long fin pilot whales
🇳🇿 New Zealand- Day 3 - North Island Brown Kiwi was the highlight (no 📷) although Fairy tern was nice
November 11, 2025 at 6:55 PM
🇳🇿 New Zealand- Day 3 - North Island Brown Kiwi was the highlight (no 📷) although Fairy tern was nice
🇳🇿 New Zealand- Day 2, Part 2 - on the Pelagic we also had some excellent cetacean encounters
November 10, 2025 at 5:26 PM
🇳🇿 New Zealand- Day 2, Part 2 - on the Pelagic we also had some excellent cetacean encounters
🇳🇿 New Zealand- Day 2, Part 1 - Pelagic produced some cracking birds, New Zealand Storm Petrel the pick
November 10, 2025 at 12:05 PM
🇳🇿 New Zealand- Day 2, Part 1 - Pelagic produced some cracking birds, New Zealand Storm Petrel the pick
🇳🇿 New Zealand- Day 1 - A gentle introduction to New Zealand birds in the far north
November 9, 2025 at 6:15 PM
🇳🇿 New Zealand- Day 1 - A gentle introduction to New Zealand birds in the far north
🇳🇿 New Zealand- Day 0 - Early afternoon arrival, then touristy stuff in Auckland, did see a few birds, this Sacred kingfisher was very nice
November 9, 2025 at 4:40 AM
🇳🇿 New Zealand- Day 0 - Early afternoon arrival, then touristy stuff in Auckland, did see a few birds, this Sacred kingfisher was very nice
An unexpected Mother of Pearl and an early December moth the highlights from 16 species from my nature reserve (VC29) this morning #teammoth
October 22, 2025 at 8:54 AM
An unexpected Mother of Pearl and an early December moth the highlights from 16 species from my nature reserve (VC29) this morning #teammoth
Just 4 species of ladybird during a brief stop in the Forest of dean on Friday
October 19, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Just 4 species of ladybird during a brief stop in the Forest of dean on Friday
24 species on Friday night in VC35 Nr Abergavenny over half the catch was Merveille du jour! (20 individuals) very nice to see in just one trap. #teammoth
October 19, 2025 at 1:41 PM
24 species on Friday night in VC35 Nr Abergavenny over half the catch was Merveille du jour! (20 individuals) very nice to see in just one trap. #teammoth
Some small mammal surveying in my nature reserve produced 4 species - Common and Pygmy shrews, bank vole and wood mouse
October 16, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Some small mammal surveying in my nature reserve produced 4 species - Common and Pygmy shrews, bank vole and wood mouse
A late season excursion to Chippenham Fen (VC29) for the Little and Large show (Small and Large wainscots dominated the catch) it also produced a nice selection of other moths - 37 species - 1/2 #teammoth
October 14, 2025 at 5:36 PM
A late season excursion to Chippenham Fen (VC29) for the Little and Large show (Small and Large wainscots dominated the catch) it also produced a nice selection of other moths - 37 species - 1/2 #teammoth