Tour Reports

Check out what’s been seen at The Petrel Station on past seabird tours.

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Scott Brooks 16/10/2023 Scott Brooks 16/10/2023

16 Oct 2023

THE PETREL STATION TOUR REPORT
55,000 seabirds in huge feeding workups, 100+ Mollymawk, Mottled Petrel - Great day out.

Scott Brooks 07/10/2023 Scott Brooks 07/10/2023

7 Oct 2023

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Brilliant spring day out with the seabirds - 28 species, 28,000 seabirds!!

Scott Brooks 01/10/2023 Scott Brooks 01/10/2023

1 Oct 2023

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50 NZ Storm Petrel, huge workups, lots of Albatross, Fin Whale, Mako Sharks – great start to spring!

Scott Brooks 23/08/2023 Scott Brooks 23/08/2023

23 Aug 2023

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A great winter’s day out on the ocean with loads of stunning seabirds.

Scott Brooks 06/08/2023 Scott Brooks 06/08/2023

6 Aug 2023

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A great winter’s tour with 4 Grey-backed Storm Petrels, a whale and large Fairy Prion feeding workups.

Scott Brooks 17/07/2023 Scott Brooks 17/07/2023

17 Jul 2023

THE PETREL STATION TOUR REPORT
A great winter’s day out with the seabirds, inc a Brown Skua.

Scott Brooks 19/06/2023 Scott Brooks 19/06/2023

19 Jun 2023

THE PETREL STATION TOUR REPORT
World Albatross Day trip, a Soft-plumaged Petrel and 15,000+ Fairy Prion.

Scott Brooks 25/05/2023 Scott Brooks 25/05/2023

25 May 2023

THE PETREL STATION TOUR REPORT
Soft-plumaged Petrel, 4 Antarctic Prion, 3 Brown Skua, 6,000 Diving Petrels - stunner of a day out.

Scott Brooks 13/05/2023 Scott Brooks 13/05/2023

13 May 2023

THE PETREL STATION TOUR REPORT
A great autumn day out on the ocean.

Scott Brooks 25/04/2023 Scott Brooks 25/04/2023

25 Apr 2023

THE PETREL STATION TOUR REPORT
Westland Petrel - new seabird species for The Petrel Station!

Scott Brooks 18/03/2023 Scott Brooks 18/03/2023

18 Mar 2023

THE PETREL STATION TOUR REPORT
A stunning White-naped Petrel snuck in on the last summer pelagic seabird tour of year.

Scott Brooks 06/03/2023 Scott Brooks 06/03/2023

5-6 Mar 2023

THE PETREL STATION MULTI-DAY REPORT
Today was our 50th pelagic tour – to celebrate we had 2 great days of stunning seabirds

Scott Brooks 17/02/2023 Scott Brooks 17/02/2023

17 Feb 2023

THE PETREL STATION TOUR REPORT
Another great summer’s day out at The Petrel Station.

Scott Brooks 14/01/2023 Scott Brooks 14/01/2023

14 Jan 2023

THE PETREL STATION TOUR REPORT
9 Black-winged Petrels and over 100 NZ Storm Petrel! What day at The Petrel Station.

Scott Brooks 10/12/2022 Scott Brooks 10/12/2022

10 Dec 2022

THE PETREL STATION TOUR REPORT
Gould’s & White-naped Petrel, Chatham Alby, South Polar & Long-tailed Skua – Epic day!

Scott Brooks 17/11/2022 Scott Brooks 17/11/2022

17 Nov 2022

THE PETREL STATION TOUR REPORT
Amazing Day! Wedge-tailed Shearwater, Black-winged & Mottled Petrel, LT Skua

Scott Brooks 06/11/2022 Scott Brooks 06/11/2022

6 Nov 2022

THE PETREL STATION TOUR REPORT
8 Mottled Petrel, a Long-tailed Skua, and 70,000 seabirds seen on the day!

Scott Brooks 01/11/2022 Scott Brooks 01/11/2022

1 Nov 2022

THE PETREL STATION TOUR REPORT
Nearly 100,000 seabirds seen today! Inc Chatham Alby and South Polar Skua.

Scott Brooks 23/10/2022 Scott Brooks 23/10/2022

23 Oct 2022

THE PETREL STATION TOUR REPORT
2 Chatham Albatross, and huge Buller’s Shearwater workups

Scott Brooks 13/10/2022 Scott Brooks 13/10/2022

13 Oct 2022

THE PETREL STATION TOUR REPORT
Epic day! Stejneger’s Petrel!