An exploration and celebration of the thousands of wild plants and animals of Canterbury, New Zealand. For photos NOT including wild plants or animals, please consider instead posting to Canterbury NZ.
Please include the name of the species in your tags, including its scientific name if you know it.
Feel free to also add photos of the wild habitats these species are found in (forests, streams, alpine grasslands, etc.).
Canterbury contains a wealth of wild species, living everywhere from the urban parks of Christchurch (the South Island's largest city), to remote alpine peaks of the Southern Alps. Between the Alps and the Pacific Ocean, massive braided rivers have created a large and agriculturally productive alluvial plain. At the east lies Banks Peninsula, the 100,000 hectare remnants of now-extinct volcanoes. This group is a place to gather together photos of the many wild species living in these habitats.
Share your photos with Creative Commons license
Please consider using a Creative Commons license on your photos (e.g., Attribution-NonCommercial License) so they can be used with your name on non-commercial websites like www.canterburynature.org (under construction at Lincoln University).
