Kaikoura pelagic trips

[iain johnson]

Hi,

just wondered whether anyone would be interested in taking a half day or full day pelagic trip out of Kaikoura? Unfortunately I can't make the next scheduled trip and have arranged to be in Kaikoura a few weekends later, August 15th, and am keen to head out onto the water and hopefully further out if at all possible.

BTW - anyone know what has been seen lately, as there is no current update on the website?

Cheers e

[Shane McPherson]

Although we're up in Northland and cant make the suggested trip.

Kaikoura Albatross encounter do have a blog page, and yes, i think it would be very beneficial advertisement if there were more frequent updates of trip lists on the blog. http://albatrossencounter.blogspot.com/

on May 30th they found
The complete list of species are as follows:

6 - northern royal albatross
6 - southern royal albatross
6 - Gibson's wandering albatross
2 - antipodean albatross
4 - black-browed albatross
10 - New Zealand white-capped albatross
20 - Buller's albatross (northern)
4 - Buller's albatross (southern)
17 - northern giant petrel
5 - westland petrel
3 - white chinne petrel
1 - grey faced petrel
80 - cape pigeon
2 - common diving petrel
20 - Hutton's shearwater
6 - sooty shearwater
1 - short tailed shearwater
10 - white fronted tern
10 - black fronted tern
25 - black-backed gull
2 - black billed gull
30 - red-billed gull
30 - spotted shag
1 - black-bellied storm petrel

Regards