Thread: Wellington wildlife

Wild goats....

There is a road north of Upper Hutt through the Akatarawa valley to Waikanae.



I stopped to photograph this goat on a well known land mark.

To 4x4 drive enthusiast, as commonly known inside the Akatarawa's there are heaps of 4x4 drive tracks.... well worth a visit.



On a 4 wheel drive trip I photographed these goats from within the truck.

Hare photographed on the side of the road



A common hare looking at you
What are they thinking?

Rabbits photographed at the Petone foreshore area





Playing around at night time photographing a rabbit

Playing around with car head lights trying to photograph an opossum... came out alright in the end



Strangely enough perhaps in some areas opossums are getting to be a scarce item in NZ.... comments?

Hawks having a munch on road or paddock kill?



One often sees road kill and a short time later they disappear, perhaps common hawks have there uses?

Another rat on the road

Went back two days later and the rat was gone... who ate the rat?

Perhaps it was a feral cat or something else?

Cemetery cat

Photo taken up at the Makara cemetery, it could be said the nearest house is a good 500 meters away?

Perhaps this was a feral cat, can anyone tell the difference... Perhaps Gareth Morgan can



Cat amongst the rabbits

The rabbits are obviously aware of the cat but were not to concerned?
Perhaps a local domestic pet farmland cat out for an evening stroll?

Seagull cleaning up road kill

A meat eating seagull cleaning up the road, doing it's civil duty?

Originally Posted by video hunter

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Cemetery cat

Photo taken up at the Makara cemetery, it could be said the nearest house is a good 500 meters away?

Perhaps this was a feral cat, can anyone tell the difference... Perhaps Gareth Morgan can


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Cat amongst the rabbits

The rabbits are obviously aware of the cat but were not to concerned?
Perhaps a local domestic pet farmland cat out for an evening stroll?

Yes it's interesting that, on several occasions I've seen fox very near rabbits with no panic at all.

It was printed in the Ashburton Guardian nearly 20 years ago when Ashburtons wild cat problem was at its peak that any cat caught without a collar would be deamed as feral and be disposed.