Sam
@picsbysam.bsky.social
🇬🇧 living in 🇳🇿
Mostly pictures of birds, sometimes other photos
Actuary by Day, Birder by Twilight
@resplendent_quetzSam on Instagram
Mostly pictures of birds, sometimes other photos
Actuary by Day, Birder by Twilight
@resplendent_quetzSam on Instagram
Something I very much had on my Bingo card for 2026
All Reform councils to raise taxes despite campaign pledges
Who would have guessed
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Who would have guessed
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
All Reform councils to raise taxes despite campaign pledges
Council leaders have found themselves hamstrung by social care costs, but party sources hope they will have the lowest average tax rises of any party
www.thetimes.com
January 12, 2026 at 7:48 AM
Something I very much had on my Bingo card for 2026
January 12, 2026 at 7:00 AM
A non-bird picture for a change. Took a while waiting for this person to line up perfectly over Okurukuru, Taranaki.
#taranaki #newzealand #photography
#taranaki #newzealand #photography
January 12, 2026 at 5:37 AM
A non-bird picture for a change. Took a while waiting for this person to line up perfectly over Okurukuru, Taranaki.
#taranaki #newzealand #photography
#taranaki #newzealand #photography
Whitehead | Pōpokotea
(Probably a male)
Zealandia, Wellington
Canon R5 | 200-800mm
(Probably a male)
Zealandia, Wellington
Canon R5 | 200-800mm
January 9, 2026 at 7:51 PM
Whitehead | Pōpokotea
(Probably a male)
Zealandia, Wellington
Canon R5 | 200-800mm
(Probably a male)
Zealandia, Wellington
Canon R5 | 200-800mm
January 8, 2026 at 9:44 PM
California Quail
Zealandia | Wellington (bit of a pattern)
Canon R5 | 200-800mm
Zealandia | Wellington (bit of a pattern)
Canon R5 | 200-800mm
January 8, 2026 at 9:25 AM
California Quail
Zealandia | Wellington (bit of a pattern)
Canon R5 | 200-800mm
Zealandia | Wellington (bit of a pattern)
Canon R5 | 200-800mm
Tūī
Zealandia | Wellington
Canon R5 | 200-800mm
Zealandia | Wellington
Canon R5 | 200-800mm
January 7, 2026 at 7:19 PM
Tūī
Zealandia | Wellington
Canon R5 | 200-800mm
Zealandia | Wellington
Canon R5 | 200-800mm
A few pictures from Abel Tasman National park between Tonga Quarry and Torrent Bay.
January 6, 2026 at 8:26 AM
A few pictures from Abel Tasman National park between Tonga Quarry and Torrent Bay.
Red-Crowned Parakeet / Kākāriki
Shot at Zealandia, Wellington
Canon R5 | 200-800mm
Shot at Zealandia, Wellington
Canon R5 | 200-800mm
January 6, 2026 at 8:22 AM
Red-Crowned Parakeet / Kākāriki
Shot at Zealandia, Wellington
Canon R5 | 200-800mm
Shot at Zealandia, Wellington
Canon R5 | 200-800mm
Fantail | Pīwakawaka
Shot around Nelson Lakes, Marlborough
Canon R5 | 200-800mm
Shot around Nelson Lakes, Marlborough
Canon R5 | 200-800mm
January 6, 2026 at 8:15 AM
Fantail | Pīwakawaka
Shot around Nelson Lakes, Marlborough
Canon R5 | 200-800mm
Shot around Nelson Lakes, Marlborough
Canon R5 | 200-800mm