tour reports
Check out what’s been seen at The Petrel Station on past seabird tours.
23 Mar 2024
THE PETREL STATION TOUR REPORT
Fantastic day out with the seabirds on the last summer tour for 2024.
29 Feb 2024
THE PETREL STATION TOUR REPORT
White-necked Petrel and 8 Black-wing Petrel on our special Leap Day summer tour.
17-18 Feb 2024
THE PETREL STATION MULTI-DAY REPORT
Wedge-tailed Shearwater, 40,000 seabirds, outstanding marine life - fantastic weekend out on the ocean.
28 Jan 2024
THE PETREL STATION TOUR REPORT
Cracker summer tour: Kermadec Petrel, 7 Pycroft’s Petrel and lots of seabirds.
20 Jan 2024
THE PETREL STATION TOUR REPORT
Great to get back out for the start of The Petrel Station 2024 season.
Best of 2023
THE PETREL STATION SEABIRD TOURS
2023 has been an amazing year of stunning seabird experiences out at The Petrel Station …
16 Dec 2023
THE PETREL STATION TOUR REPORT
A staggering 118,500 seabirds recorded today!! The most we’ve ever had in a single day tour - Amazing day.
10 Dec 2023
THE PETREL STATION TOUR REPORT
85,000 seabirds on today’s seabird tour - awesome day out on the ocean.
8 Dec 2023
THE PETREL STATION TOUR REPORT
Another great spring season day with the seabirds.
1 to 3 Dec 2023
THE PETREL STATION MULTI-DAY REPORT
3 DAYS --> 37 SEABIRD SPECIES --> 180,000 SEABIRDS!! with a bunch of Australian seabirders on a charter tour
28 Nov 2023
THE PETREL STATION TOUR REPORT
28 seabird species! 145 Short-tailed Shearwater! Fantastic day out with the seabirds.
27 Nov 2023
THE PETREL STATION TOUR REPORT
Great spring day out on the ocean with around 33,000 stunning seabirds.
13 Nov 2023
THE PETREL STATION TOUR REPORT
70,000 seabirds seen during the tour! Great day out on the ocean.
12 Nov 2023
THE PETREL STATION TOUR REPORT
The Shy-fecta - All 3 Shy Mollymawk species together (Chatham, Salvins, White-cap). 60,000 seabirds seen during tour!
5 Nov 2023
THE PETREL STATION TOUR REPORT
Massive feeding workups of Fairy Prion - 80,000 seabirds seen during the day!
3 Nov 2023
THE PETREL STATION TOUR REPORT
2 Chatham Mollymawk, 12 Mottled Petrel and the usual big spring feeding workups of thousands of seabirds.
1 Nov 2023
THE PETREL STATION TOUR REPORT
MEGA!! STREAKED SHEARWATER - First ever live record in New Zealand!! Plus Chatham Mollymawk too.
22 Oct 2023
THE PETREL STATION TOUR REPORT
Big feeding workups again with 67,500 seabirds seen during the tour!