Christchurch Daily Photo

I went to the gardens with the intention of photographing the herbaceous border and getting some lovely flower photos. Well I achieved that and was about to leave when I saw something moving on the red hot poker plant. I was very pleasantly surprised when I spotted it was a bellbird. It was having a [...]

  So weather wise it’s been a wild, windy and humid day in Christchurch. I tried to head out to take some photos but ended up with a face full of dust so decided it would be better to just head home and see what I could find there. And Sammy didn’t disappoint. Sitting behind [...]

  In case you haven’t realised, Michelle is away on holiday this week and I’m looking after the Christchurch Daily Photo whilst she’s away. My name is Katherine and I live in the eastern surburbs of Christchurch (i.e. the munted side of town). For the last week I have been coming home to a lawn [...]

I spent a good part of my day walking around Orana Wildlife Park. It’s always a good day out at the park. I always leave one exhibit and think ‘that was my favourite’… but then the next one proves to be as equally as good but for different reasons. The animals are all so different [...]

There’s a family of Paradise shelducks and ducklings living on a small pond in the Ferrymead Park. They are adorable – all fluff and legs at this stage. It won’t be long before the ducklings are all grown up.