trip reports

Check out what’s been seen at The Petrel Station on past seabird tours.

Scott Brooks 05/11/2023 Scott Brooks 05/11/2023

5 Nov 2023

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Massive feeding workups of Fairy Prion - 80,000 seabirds seen during the day!

Scott Brooks 03/11/2023 Scott Brooks 03/11/2023

3 Nov 2023

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2 Chatham Mollymawk, 12 Mottled Petrel and the usual big spring feeding workups of thousands of seabirds.

Scott Brooks 01/11/2023 Scott Brooks 01/11/2023

1 Nov 2023

THE PETREL STATION TRIP REPORT
MEGA!! STREAKED SHEARWATER - First ever live record in New Zealand!! Plus Chatham Mollymawk too.

Scott Brooks 22/10/2023 Scott Brooks 22/10/2023

22 Oct 2023

THE PETREL STATION TRIP REPORT
Big feeding workups again with 67,500 seabirds seen during the tour!

Scott Brooks 16/10/2023 Scott Brooks 16/10/2023

16 Oct 2023

THE PETREL STATION TRIP REPORT
55,000 seabirds in huge feeding workups, 100+ Mollymawk, Mottled Petrel - Great day out.

Scott Brooks 07/10/2023 Scott Brooks 07/10/2023

7 Oct 2023

THE PETREL STATION TRIP REPORT
Brilliant spring day out with the seabirds - 28 species, 28,000 seabirds!!

Scott Brooks 01/10/2023 Scott Brooks 01/10/2023

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!

Scott Brooks 23/08/2023 Scott Brooks 23/08/2023

23 Aug 2023

THE PETREL STATION TRIP REPORT
A great winter’s day out on the ocean with loads of stunning seabirds.

Scott Brooks 06/08/2023 Scott Brooks 06/08/2023

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.

Scott Brooks 17/07/2023 Scott Brooks 17/07/2023

17 Jul 2023

THE PETREL STATION TRIP REPORT
A great winter’s day out with the seabirds, inc a Brown Skua.

Scott Brooks 19/06/2023 Scott Brooks 19/06/2023

19 Jun 2023

THE PETREL STATION TRIP REPORT
World Albatross Day trip, a Soft-plumaged Petrel and 15,000+ Fairy Prion.

Scott Brooks 25/05/2023 Scott Brooks 25/05/2023

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.

Scott Brooks 13/05/2023 Scott Brooks 13/05/2023

13 May 2023

THE PETREL STATION TRIP REPORT
A great autumn day out on the ocean.

Scott Brooks 25/04/2023 Scott Brooks 25/04/2023

25 Apr 2023

THE PETREL STATION TRIP REPORT
Westland Petrel - new seabird species for The Petrel Station. 66 seabird species seen in total now!

Scott Brooks 18/03/2023 Scott Brooks 18/03/2023

18 Mar 2023

THE PETREL STATION TRIP REPORT
A stunning White-naped Petrel snuck in on the last summer pelagic seabird trip of year.

Scott Brooks 06/03/2023 Scott Brooks 06/03/2023

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

Scott Brooks 17/02/2023 Scott Brooks 17/02/2023

17 Feb 2023

THE PETREL STATION TRIP REPORT
Another great summer’s day out at The Petrel Station.

Scott Brooks 13/02/2023 Scott Brooks 13/02/2023

13 Feb 2023

TUTUKAKA COAST REPORT
In the middle of Cyclone Gabrielle I had at least 17 Sooty Terns flying around!!

Scott Brooks 14/01/2023 Scott Brooks 14/01/2023

14 Jan 2023

THE PETREL STATION TRIP REPORT
9 Black-wing Petrels and over 100 NZ Storm Petrel! What day at The Petrel Station.

Scott Brooks 10/12/2022 Scott Brooks 10/12/2022

10 Dec 2022

THE PETREL STATION TRIP REPORT
Gould’s & White-naped Petrel, Chatham Alby, South Polar & Long-tailed Skua – Epic day!