trip reports
Check out what’s been seen at The Petrel Station on past seabird tours.
6 Aug 2023
THE PETREL STATION TRIP REPORT
A great winter’s trip with 4 Grey-backed Storm Petrels, a whale and large Fairy Prion feeding workups.
17 Jul 2023
THE PETREL STATION TRIP REPORT
A great winter’s day out with the seabirds, inc a Brown Skua.
19 Jun 2023
THE PETREL STATION TRIP REPORT
World Albatross Day trip, a Soft-plumaged Petrel and 15,000+ Fairy Prion.
25 May 2023
THE PETREL STATION TRIP REPORT
Soft-plumaged Petrel, 4 Antarctic Prion, 3 Brown Skua, 6,000 Diving Petrels - stunner of a day out.
25 Apr 2023
THE PETREL STATION TRIP REPORT
Westland Petrel - new seabird species for The Petrel Station. 66 seabird species seen in total now!
18 Mar 2023
THE PETREL STATION TRIP REPORT
A stunning White-naped Petrel snuck in on the last summer pelagic seabird trip of year.
5/6 Mar 2023
THE PETREL STATION TRIP REPORT
Today was our 50th pelagic trip – to celebrate we had 2 great days of stunning seabirds
17 Feb 2023
THE PETREL STATION TRIP REPORT
Another great summer’s day out at The Petrel Station.
13 Feb 2023
TUTUKAKA COAST REPORT
In the middle of Cyclone Gabrielle I had at least 17 Sooty Terns flying around!!
14 Jan 2023
THE PETREL STATION TRIP REPORT
9 Black-wing Petrels and over 100 NZ Storm Petrel! What day at The Petrel Station.
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
21 Aug 2022
THE PETREL STATION TRIP REPORT
Lot’s of Fairy Prions and a bunch of Whales on todays trip.
10 Jul 2022
THE PETREL STATION TRIP REPORT
Providence Petrel! New species for The Petrel Station