24-25 Nov 2024
THE PETREL STATION 2 DAY TRIP REPORT
We had 2 excellent days of seabird action out at The Petrel Station (offshore from Tutukaka, Northland, New Zealand)..
During the 2 days we recorded 22 different seabird species, and enjoyed watching just short of 192,000 stunning seabirds in total! Conditions on both days were fine with light 2-10 knot winds and under 1m swell. See below for the full list of seabirds recorded during both tours.
If you’re interested in coming out on a pelagic seabird tour to The Petrel Station (offshore from Tutukaka, New Zealand) then check out the upcoming tour dates and get in touch … and the best way to experience these stunning seabirds is out on the ocean, in their world 🙂
Here’s the full results from the 2 days:
Seabirds seen:
16 x White-capped Albatross
107,500 x Fairy Prion
209 x Cook's Petrel
6 x Pycroft's Petrel
1 x Grey-faced Petrel
21 x Black Petrel
16,500 x Buller's Shearwater
60,000 x Fluttering Shearwater
27 x Little Shearwater
100 x Flesh-footed Shearwater
13 x Sooty Shearwater
16 x Short-tailed Shearwater
810 x Common Diving Petrel
50 x White-faced Storm Petrel
17 x New Zealand Storm Petrel
1 x Wilson's Storm Petrel
3 x x Little Blue Penguin
1 x Grey Ternlet
4,000 x Australasian Gannet
3,750 x Red-billed Gull
8 x Black-backed Gull
142 x Pied Shag
Other marine life seen:
75 x Common Dolphin
35 x Bottlenose Dolphin
1 x Hammerhead Shark
3 x Kingfish
Huge schools of tens/hundreds of thousands of Trevally