Tour Reports
Check out what’s been seen at The Petrel Station on past seabird tours.
Browse tour reports by season: Spring • Summer • Autumn • Winter • All seasons
7 Oct 2026
THE PETREL STATION TOUR REPORT
3 CHATHAM ALBATROSS!! … and lots of other outstanding spring seabirds
26 Sep 2026
THE PETREL STATION TOUR REPORT
60,000 seabirds, 3 Southern Giant Petrels, a Southern Royal Albatross ... awesome start to our spring tour season
22 Aug 2026
THE PETREL STATION TOUR REPORT
Grey-backed Storm Petrel, Southern Giant Petrel and lots of Little Shearwater ... great end to winter tour season
1 Aug 2026
THE PETREL STATION TOUR REPORT
Thousands of Common Diving Petrels, and loads of Grey-faced Petrels.
18 & 19 July 2026
THE PETREL STATION MULTI-DAY REPORT
MEGA!! Grey Phalarope – new species for The Petrel Station! ... and a winter’s Grey Noddy. A very suprisingly couple of days out!
4 July 2026
THE PETREL STATION TOUR REPORT
EPIC DAY! 60+ Blue Petrel, Light-mantled Sooty & Chatham Albatross, White-headed and Soft-plumaged Petrel, Antarctic Prion ... mind-blowing!!.
19 June 2026
THE PETREL STATION TOUR REPORT
Great to start to winter, plenty of albatross and and loads of Diving Petrels.
28 May 2026
THE PETREL STATION TOUR REPORT
A great autumn day out with the stunning seabirds, including 2 Brown Skuas and plenty of Storm Petrels.
9 May 2026
THE PETREL STATION TOUR REPORT
Global Big Day tour and into the autumn birds … Brown Skua and lots of Wilson’s Storm Petrel.
30 March 2026
THE PETREL STATION TOUR REPORT
Awesome way to finish the summers season … Wedge-tailed Shearwater, and loads of Black Petrel and Wilson’s Storm Petrel.
19 March 2026
THE PETREL STATION TOUR REPORT
Great summer’s day on the ocean … Pycroft’s and Black-winged Petrels, plus lots of Grey Noddy
16, 19 & 20 Feb 2026
THE PETREL STATION MULTI-DAY REPORT
3 DAYS -> 110,000 SEABIRDS! -> 25 SPECIES! … Wedge-tailed Shearwater, Black-winged Petrel, big seabird workups and more …
01 Feb 2026
THE PETREL STATION TOUR REPORT
Record number of Pycroft’s Petrel and Grey Noddy – awesome summer’s day out!
11 Jan 2026
THE PETREL STATION TOUR REPORT
Excellent summer’s day out on the ocean with 40,000 seabirds recorded!
08 Jan 2026
THE PETREL STATION TOUR REPORT
Awesome start to 2026 … 82,500 seabirds made for a brilliant day on the ocean!
15 Dec 2025
THE PETREL STATION TOUR REPORT
Outstanding way to finish the 2025 tours … 29 species including Wedge-tailed Shearwater and record numbers of Cook’s & Pycroft’s Petrel!
6-8 Dec 2025
THE PETREL STATION MULTI-DAY REPORT
3 DAYS -> 282,000 SEABIRDS! … Long-tailed Skua, big feeding workups, Whales, Sharks, Manta, Marlin … the ocean delivered
29 Nov - 1 Dec 2025
THE PETREL STATION MULTI-DAY REPORT
3 DAYS -> 295,000 SEABIRDS! -> 29 SPECIES! … Wedge-tailed Shearwater, Black-winged Petrel, huge seabird workups, whales and more …
27 Nov 2025
THE PETREL STATION TOUR REPORT
Outstanding day out … Grey Petrel, Long-tailed Skua, massive feeding workups … and approx 123,000 seabirds!
24 Nov 2025
THE PETREL STATION TOUR REPORT
138,000 seabirds … including huge numbers of Fairy Prion in massive feeding workups … an unforgettable experience