2023 in pictures

It has been a somewhat lumpy year of photography, so I don’t have a favourite for each month. But I do have some favourites, more than 12 in fact.

Willowbank Wildlife Reserve. These ducks look like they’re about to drop a sick album.

A cheeky selfie before the Davis Cup tennis tie. It was 34C in the shade, and I had no shade.

Kakariki with malice aforethought

Aurora (airglow?) and Magellanic Clouds

Belatedly celebrating C’s PhD atop the Sky Tower

Blue-and-gold macaw in flight, at Willowbank

Rose macro

Roto Kohatu Reserve. The Pūteketeke (Australasian crested grebe)

Behind the scenes at basketball

Busy bee

Waiuta. Two hats and a carful of sandflies.

Willowbank. Scarlet macaw in flight.

Willowbank. A pair of love birds (more blue-and-gold macaws)

Rose macro in our garden

Willowbank. Kea in flight.