Had another great day out at the 'Petrel Station' on Sundays Tutukaka Pelagic Seabird trip with 6 of us venturing out via the Poor Knight Islands to the explore the deep beyond. Conditions were generally fine with strong winds up to 20+ knots throughout the day which provided great viewing of a variety of seabirds.. Swell was small but the wind produced some good chop.
Highlights of the trip were:
– 25+ New Zealand Storm Petrels counted off the back of the boat at the chum spot at the same time. There was definitely more but this was highest number we managed to count at once as they flicked around in the strong winds, and ducked behind waves.
– 20 Albatross/mollymawks covering 5 species.
During the trip we saw 22 different seabird species. Was a fantastic, fun day out.
Cheers Scott
021 322 324 | scott@ourspot.nz
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So here’s the full trip results:
7 x Wandering Albatross
5 x White-capped Mollymawk
2 x Buller's Mollymawk
3 x Black-browed Mollymawk
3 x Campbell Mollymawk
1 x Northern Giant Petrel
1 x Southern Giant Petrel
3 x Cape Petrel
65 x Buller's Shearwater
100 x Fluttering Shearwater
7 x Little Shearwater
20 x Fairy Prion
1 x Cook's Petrel
10 x Black Petrel
20 x Grey-faced Petrel
75 x Common Diving Petrel
25+ x NZ Storm Petrel
1 x Wilson's Storm Petrel
100 x Gannet
250 x Red-billed Gull
2 x Black-backed Gull
48 x Pied Shag
Other bird and marine life:
1 x Mako Shark
1 x Red-crowned Parakeet
5 x Poor Knights Bellbird
2 x Tui
2 x Starling
4 x Kingfisher
1 x Harrier
1x Sparrow
Tutukaka Pelagic Seabird Trip Results - 19th May 2019
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