20 Jan 2024
THE PETREL STATION TRIP REPORT
Awesome to get back out again to The Petrel Station for the first seabird tour of 2024, offshore from Tutukaka (in Northland, New Zealand). Conditions on the day were mostly fine, with a light wind (7 to 10 knots) and a 2m swell.
During the tour we recorded 18 different seabird species, and enjoyed watching just over of 13,500 stunning seabirds in total!. See below for the full list of seabirds recorded on the tour.
If you’re interested in coming out to The Petrel Station then check out the upcoming trip dates and get in touch – it’s always a great day out.
Here’s the full trip results from the day:
Seabirds seen:
300 x Fairy Prion
130 x Cook's Petrel
5 x Pycroft's Petrel
8 x Black-winged Petrel
2 x Grey-faced Petrel
62 x Black Petrel
11,250 x Buller's Shearwater
17 x Flesh-footed Shearwater
52 x Fluttering Shearwater
36 x White-faced Storm-Petrel
30 x New Zealand Storm-Petrel
1 x Common Diving Petrel
24 x Grey Ternlet
1,450 x Australasian Gannet
150 x Red-billed Gull
1 x Black-backed Gull
50 x Pied Shag
2 x Little Pied Shag
Other marine life included:
1 x Bronze Whaler Shark
1 x Sunfish
2 x Flying Fish