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  1. I found a tūī in Victoria Park this afternoon!

    These birds are still rare around Ōtautahi-Christchurch, NZ, so finding one is always a treat.

    It put on a grand concert for me too. Have a listen.

    inaturalist.nz/observations/36

    #birds #nz #tūī #Ōtautahi #Christchurch #iNaturalistNZ

  2. I found a tūī in Victoria Park this afternoon!

    These birds are still rare around Ōtautahi-Christchurch, NZ, so finding one is always a treat.

    It put on a grand concert for me too. Have a listen.

    inaturalist.nz/observations/36

    #birds #nz #tūī #Ōtautahi #Christchurch #iNaturalistNZ

  3. I found a tūī in Victoria Park this afternoon!

    These birds are still rare around Ōtautahi-Christchurch, NZ, so finding one is always a treat.

    It put on a grand concert for me too. Have a listen.

    inaturalist.nz/observations/36

    #birds #nz #tūī #Ōtautahi #Christchurch #iNaturalistNZ

  4. I found a tūī in Victoria Park this afternoon!

    These birds are still rare around Ōtautahi-Christchurch, NZ, so finding one is always a treat.

    It put on a grand concert for me too. Have a listen.

    inaturalist.nz/observations/36

    #birds #nz #tūī #Ōtautahi #Christchurch #iNaturalistNZ

  5. I found a tūī in Victoria Park this afternoon!

    These birds are still rare around Ōtautahi-Christchurch, NZ, so finding one is always a treat.

    It put on a grand concert for me too. Have a listen.

    inaturalist.nz/observations/36

    #birds #nz #tūī #Ōtautahi #Christchurch #iNaturalistNZ

  6. There's a sad Bosch #mtb owner somewhere in #Christchurch today
    This part is probably still on the Rapaki-MtVernon single track

  7. There's a sad Bosch #mtb owner somewhere in #Christchurch today
    This part is probably still on the Rapaki-MtVernon single track

  8. There's a sad Bosch #mtb owner somewhere in #Christchurch today
    This part is probably still on the Rapaki-MtVernon single track

  9. There's a sad Bosch #mtb owner somewhere in #Christchurch today
    This part is probably still on the Rapaki-MtVernon single track

  10. New Pump Tracks Offer Risky Recreation

    New pump tracks are opening in Kesgrave and Christchurch, offering a new place for BMX riders and skateboarders to have fun. Find out what's new.

    #PumpTrack, #BMX, #Skateboarding, #Kesgrave, #Christchurch

    newsletter.tf/new-pump-tracks-

  11. Pump tracks are opening in the UK and New Zealand. These tracks are designed for bikes, skateboards, and more, offering a new way to have fun.

    #PumpTrack, #BMX, #Skateboarding, #Kesgrave, #Christchurch
    newsletter.tf/new-pump-tracks-

  12. Robert McDougall Art Gallery, 10 Feb 2013

    Botanic Gardens, Christchurch. Sunday 10 February 2013. File reference: CCL-2013 -02-10-IMG_3191 From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
    Christchurch City Libraries via DigitalNZ

    api.digitalnz.org/records/3370

    #Christchurch

  13. The #Christchurch Botanic Gardens in New Zealand were founded in 1863. On 52 acres they showcase a large variety of exotic and native plants of New Zealand. How did you like it? #NewZealand backpackandsnorkel.com/Christc

  14. We had Silent Hill weather in Ōtautahi this morning, but it’s clearing up nicely.

    #Ōtautahi #Christchurch #fog

  15. View of ChristChurch Cathedral, 2012-03-16

    File reference: CCL-2012-02-19-IMG_0275

    From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
    eqnz.chch.2010 via DigitalNZ

    api.digitalnz.org/records/3375

    #Christchurch #Museums

  16. Damage to the Canterbury Public Library building, 2011-08-10

    File reference: CCL-2011-08-12-CanterburyPublic Library pre-demolition-021
    From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
    eqnz.chch.2010 via DigitalNZ

    api.digitalnz.org/records/3369

    #CanterburyPublicLibrary #EarthquakeDamage #Christchurch #Eqnz.chch.2010

  17. Crowd figure released for first Christchurch Super440
    v8sleuth.com.au/crowd-figure-r
    SUPERCARS has announced a three-day crowd figure of 65,806 for the inaugural ITM Christchurch Super440. “The passion, devotion and knowledge of the …
    #christchurch #super440 #supercars

  18. My day today included *two* puddle bathing piwakawaka, NZ fantails, at two separate city reserves.

    It's getting a bit dry in the city and small puddles are getting popular.

    Meep Meep!

    inaturalist.nz/observations/35
    inaturalist.nz/observations/35

    #nz #birds #fantail #Ōtautahi #Christchurch

  19. After recent media stories about butterfly declines in New Zealand, centred around one transect in Nelson, it's heartening to see in Stacey Lewthwaite's graphs that kahukura and monarch butterflies have not declined around Christchurch. That's in the last two decades along my 78 km of transects.

    #EcologicalMonitoring #butterflies #Ōtautahi #Christchurch #NZ

  20. Kia ora all, I've just started a really cool new job at the end of last year as a tutor for Brain Play! We teach STEM subjects to groups of kids, and do 1:1 tutoring of #neurodivergent children too.

    I'm AuDHD, so I empathise so much with the kids I get to work with.

    Kind of an #ad but I really believe in the cause and am not being paid to share this, so there's that 😉

    brainplay.co.nz/about

    #AoNZ #Aotearoa #NewZealand #Auckland #Hamilton #Wellington #Christchurch #neurodiversity #neurodiverse #autism #ADHD

  21. On Sunday 26 April, I'll be leading another nature walk in Ōtautahi-Christchurch, this time from the Sign of the Takahe to the Botanic Gardens. That's part of the four-day City Nature Challenge.

    It's a terrific walk designed to take us through many of the city's nature filled nooks and crannies.

    Again, all welcome. We leave from the Sign of the Takahe (by the bus stop for the No 1 Cashmere bus) at 9:45 am.

    If you don't have the time to commit to the full walk, you can join us for the first part walking to the South Library, or from the South Library to the Art Gallery, or for the final stint from the Art Gallery to the Botanic Gardens.

    Below are some photos from the previous two years we've done this walk.

    ccc.govt.nz/news-and-events/wh

    #CityNatureChallenge #Ōtautahi #Christchurch #NZ #NatureWalk #iNaturalistNZ

  22. If you're in Ōtautahi-Christchurch city, NZ, next Sunday, and are keen for a nature walk, well, you're in luck!

    As part of the city's annual Walking Festival, Noah Fenwick and I will be leading a walk/explore around Waikākāriki Horseshoe Lake. We're two local iNaturalist fanatics and ecologists and are keen to see what we can find around this restored city wetland.

    The walk starts at 10 am and will go for about three hours.

    All welcome!

    ccc.govt.nz/news-and-events/wh

    inaturalist.nz/observations?pl

    #NatureWalk #Ōtautahi #Christchurch #iNaturalistNZ

  23. Of the flies I saw today, this one is my favourite. It's the ngaro tara or three-lined Hover Fly (*Helophilus seelandicus*), a New Zealand endemic species.

    I like the sleek colour pattern. It would not look out of place on a coverable sports car.

    While the adult is sleek, the larva is a rat-tailed maggot with a long snorkle out its rear end that allows it to eat decomposing matter in stagnant water.

    I saw this while on my weekly biodiversity run this afternoon through Ōtautahi-Christchurch city, NZ.

    inaturalist.nz/observations/34

    #diptera #flies #entomology #nz #Syrphidae #Ōtautahi #Christchurch #iNaturalist

  24. So. Much. Colour!!

    Here's my pick of the sunset photos from this evening. When Ōtautahi-Christchurch turns on a sunset, it goes all in.

    (My full-resolution photos, plus a few more, are at Flickr, eg flickr.com/photos/mollivan_jon)

    #sunset #nz #Ōtautahi #Christchurch #photography

  25. Also, I saw these ducklings on the Avon River, which is unusually late in the season. Then again, it's been an odd summer.

    inaturalist.nz/observations/34

    #ducklings #AvonRiver #nz #Christchurch #birds

  26. There's a new fly in town.

    While out for a run yesterday, in Ōtautahi-Christchurch, NZ, I noticed this unusual orange-headed black fly. I uploaded my photos to #iNaturalist when I got home and learned that it's the Australian Soldier Fly, *Inopus rubriceps*. This looks to be the first record of it anywhere in the South Island south of Nelson.

    The species is a minor pasture pest and is well-established in NZ's North Island, where it was first seen in 1944.

    As the world warms, NZ continues to fill with Australian insects. They first establish in the North Island then spread southwards. The pattern is repeating over and over. In this case, the two Australian parasitoid wasps (Neurogalesus spp.) that feed on *Inopus rubriceps* have also already established in the North Island.

    *Inopus rubriceps* is a distinctive fly, especially the female which has the orange head (the male is all black). Keep an eye out and you might find some more of them.

    inaturalist.nz/observations/34

    #Diptera #entomology #iNaturalistNZ #invasionBiology #insects #nz #Christchurch #fly

  27. There's a new fly in town.

    While out for a run yesterday, in Ōtautahi-Christchurch, NZ, I noticed this unusual orange-headed black fly. I uploaded my photos to #iNaturalist when I got home and learned that it's the Australian Soldier Fly, *Inopus rubriceps*. This looks to be the first record of it anywhere in the South Island south of Nelson.

    The species is a minor pasture pest and is well-established in NZ's North Island, where it was first seen in 1944.

    As the world warms, NZ continues to fill with Australian insects. They first establish in the North Island then spread southwards. The pattern is repeating over and over. In this case, the two Australian parasitoid wasps (Neurogalesus spp.) that feed on *Inopus rubriceps* have also already established in the North Island.

    *Inopus rubriceps* is a distinctive fly, especially the female which has the orange head (the male is all black). Keep an eye out and you might find some more of them.

    inaturalist.nz/observations/34

    #Diptera #entomology #iNaturalistNZ #invasionBiology #insects #nz #Christchurch #fly

  28. There's a new fly in town.

    While out for a run yesterday, in Ōtautahi-Christchurch, NZ, I noticed this unusual orange-headed black fly. I uploaded my photos to #iNaturalist when I got home and learned that it's the Australian Soldier Fly, *Inopus rubriceps*. This looks to be the first record of it anywhere in the South Island south of Nelson.

    The species is a minor pasture pest and is well-established in NZ's North Island, where it was first seen in 1944.

    As the world warms, NZ continues to fill with Australian insects. They first establish in the North Island then spread southwards. The pattern is repeating over and over. In this case, the two Australian parasitoid wasps (Neurogalesus spp.) that feed on *Inopus rubriceps* have also already established in the North Island.

    *Inopus rubriceps* is a distinctive fly, especially the female which has the orange head (the male is all black). Keep an eye out and you might find some more of them.

    inaturalist.nz/observations/34

    #Diptera #entomology #iNaturalistNZ #invasionBiology #insects #nz #Christchurch #fly

  29. There's a new fly in town.

    While out for a run yesterday, in Ōtautahi-Christchurch, NZ, I noticed this unusual orange-headed black fly. I uploaded my photos to #iNaturalist when I got home and learned that it's the Australian Soldier Fly, *Inopus rubriceps*. This looks to be the first record of it anywhere in the South Island south of Nelson.

    The species is a minor pasture pest and is well-established in NZ's North Island, where it was first seen in 1944.

    As the world warms, NZ continues to fill with Australian insects. They first establish in the North Island then spread southwards. The pattern is repeating over and over. In this case, the two Australian parasitoid wasps (Neurogalesus spp.) that feed on *Inopus rubriceps* have also already established in the North Island.

    *Inopus rubriceps* is a distinctive fly, especially the female which has the orange head (the male is all black). Keep an eye out and you might find some more of them.

    inaturalist.nz/observations/34

    #Diptera #entomology #iNaturalistNZ #invasionBiology #insects #nz #Christchurch #fly

  30. There's a new fly in town.

    While out for a run yesterday, in Ōtautahi-Christchurch, NZ, I noticed this unusual orange-headed black fly. I uploaded my photos to #iNaturalist when I got home and learned that it's the Australian Soldier Fly, *Inopus rubriceps*. This looks to be the first record of it anywhere in the South Island south of Nelson.

    The species is a minor pasture pest and is well-established in NZ's North Island, where it was first seen in 1944.

    As the world warms, NZ continues to fill with Australian insects. They first establish in the North Island then spread southwards. The pattern is repeating over and over. In this case, the two Australian parasitoid wasps (Neurogalesus spp.) that feed on *Inopus rubriceps* have also already established in the North Island.

    *Inopus rubriceps* is a distinctive fly, especially the female which has the orange head (the male is all black). Keep an eye out and you might find some more of them.

    inaturalist.nz/observations/34

    #Diptera #entomology #iNaturalistNZ #invasionBiology #insects #nz #Christchurch #fly