Award-winning photography of natural history, landscape, antiquity and travel throughout the world. All images © Martin Grace
CATEGORY WINNER IN BIRD PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR 2019

Tui

Iridescent plumage of the endemic Tui (Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae), Kapiti Island, North Island, New Zealand

Fine backlit water droplets create needles of light as a bathing Tui (Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae) shakes itself, Tiritiri Matangi, Hauraki Gulf, North Island, New Zealand

Tui (Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae), Rangitoto Island, Hauraki Gulf, North Island, New Zealand

Tui (Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae), Tiritiri Matangi, Hauraki Gulf, North Island, New Zealand

Tui (Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae) calling, Tiritiri Matangi, Hauraki Gulf, North Island, New Zealand

Tui (Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae) bathing, Tiritiri Matangi, Hauraki Gulf, North Island, New Zealand

Tui (Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae), Tiritiri Matangi, Hauraki Gulf, North Island, New Zealand

Tui (Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae) on African Sage bush, Te Horo, North Island, New Zealand

Tui (Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae), Zealandia, Wellington, New Zealand

Tui (Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae) drinking from a sugar solution feeder, Zealandia, Wellington, New Zealand

Tui (Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae), Zealandia, Wellington, New Zealand

Tui (Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae) beneath a sugar solution feeder, Zealandia, Wellington, New Zealand

Tui (Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae), Zealandia, Wellington, New Zealand

Tui (Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae) feeding on the flowers of Tree (New Zealand) Fuchsia (Fuchsia excorticata), Stewart Island, South Island, New Zealand

Tui (Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae) feeding on nectar of the Tree Fuchsia (Fuchsia excorticata), Stewart Island, New Zealand

Tui (Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae) bathing, Otago Peninsula, South Island, New Zealand

Tui (Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae) drinking its bath water! Otago Peninsula, South Island, New Zealand

Tui (Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae) immediately after bathing, Otago Peninsula, South Island, New Zealand

Tui (Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae), Okarito, West Coast, New Zealand

Tui (Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae) feeding on New Zealand Flax (Phormium tenax), Ship Cove (Meretoto), Queen Charlotte Sound, Marlborough, New Zealand

Tui (Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae) feeding on New Zealand Flax (Phormium tenax), Picton, South Island, New Zealand