THE PETREL STATION SEABIRD TOUR REPORT
Had an oustanding day out and a fantastic mix of seabirds today – with a total of 30 species recorded out on The Petrel Station seabird tours, Tutukaka, New Zealand.
Highlights of the tour were:
Wedge-tailed Shearwater (our earliest ever)
14 x Mottled Petrel
15 x Pycroft's Petrel
See the full tour report list below. Conditions on the day were fine / overcast, with 10-15 knot winds and a 1.8m swell.
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Here’s the full tour results from the day:
Seabirds seen:
1 x Wandering Albatross
1 x NZ Wandering Albatross (ssp. Gibson's)
1 x Black-browed Albatross
1 x Campbell Albatross
22 x White-capped Albatross
1 x South Polar Skua
1 x Giant Petrel .sp
4,100 x Fairy Prion
230 x Cook's Petrel
15 x Pycroft's Petrel
14 x Mottled Petrel
20 x Grey-faced Petrel
80 x Black Petrel
350 x Buller's Shearwater
20 x Fluttering Shearwater
10 x Little Shearwater
1 x Wedge-tailed Shearwater
270 x Flesh-footed Shearwater
33 x Sooty Shearwater
47 x White-faced Storm Petrel
14 x New Zealand Storm Petrel
3 x Wilson's Storm Petrel
1,700 x Common Diving Petrel
2,800 x Australasian Gannet
2 x White-fronted Tern
75 x Red-billed Gull
5 x Black-backed Gull
79 x Pied Shag
2 x Little Black Shag
1 x Little Pied Shag
Learn more about the seabird species seen on this tour:
Albatross • Petrels • Shearwaters • Storm Petrels • Prions • Skuas • Other Seabirds
Other marine life encountered:
80 x Common Dolphin
2 x Flying Fish