trip reports
Check out what’s been seen at The Petrel Station on past seabird tours.
1 Nov 2023
THE PETREL STATION TRIP REPORT
MEGA!! STREAKED SHEARWATER - First ever live record in New Zealand!! Plus Chatham Mollymawk too.
22 Oct 2023
THE PETREL STATION TRIP REPORT
Big feeding workups again with 67,500 seabirds seen during the tour!
16 Oct 2023
THE PETREL STATION TRIP REPORT
55,000 seabirds in huge feeding workups, 100+ Mollymawk, Mottled Petrel - Great day out.
7 Oct 2023
THE PETREL STATION TRIP REPORT
Brilliant spring day out with the seabirds - 28 species, 28,000 seabirds!!
1 Oct 2023
THE PETREL STATION TRIP REPORT
50 NZ Storm Petrel, huge workups, lots of Albatross , Fin Whale, Mako Sharks – great start to spring!
10 Dec 2022
THE PETREL STATION TRIP REPORT
Gould’s & White-naped Petrel, Chatham Alby, South Polar & Long-tailed Skua – Epic day!
17 Nov 2022
THE PETREL STATION TRIP REPORT
Amazing Day! Wedge-tailed Shearwater, Black-winged & Mottled Petrel, LT Skua
6 Nov 2022
THE PETREL STATION TRIP REPORT
8 Mottled Petrel, a Long-tailed Skua, and 70,000 seabirds seen on the day!
1 Nov 2022
THE PETREL STATION TRIP REPORT
Nearly 100,000 seabirds seen today! Inc Chatham Alby and South Polar Skua.
23 Oct 2022
THE PETREL STATION TRIP REPORT
2 Chatham Albatross, and huge Buller’s Shearwater workups
30 Oct 2021
THE PETREL STATION TRIP REPORT
Banana nose Chatham Alby is back, first Long-tailed Skua & 3 Mottled Petrels. Great day!
25 Oct 2021
THE PETREL STATION TRIP REPORT
Grey Petrel, 2 South Polar Skua and 30 seabird species seen on this cracker of a day
1 Nov 2020
THE PETREL STATION TRIP REPORT
South Polar Skua, Mottled Petrel and Wilson’s Storm Petrels on todays trip
24 Oct 2020
THE PETREL STATION TRIP REPORT
Dark Morph South Polar Skua was the highlight out on the water today.
17 Oct 2020
THE PETREL STATION TRIP REPORT
2 Chatham Mollymawk!! A very scarce seabird to see of New Zealand’s mainland.
6 Oct 2019
THE PETREL STATION TRIP REPORT
Black-bellied Stormy & White-headed Petrel were some of the 26 species seen today.
24 Sep 2017
THE PETREL STATION TRIP REPORT
The inaugural trip out to The Petrel Station – Where it all began :)