Report prepared by: P.J. Milburn.
Photographs: Wandering albatross (Marj Kibby); Northern giant-petrel (Marj Kibby).
Birds recorded according to the latest Environment Australia Reporting Schedule:
Species code: Species name: Numbers:
(Note: numbers in parenthesis = highest count at any one time)
005 Little Penguin Eudyptula minor 1
929 SOUTHERN GIANT-PETREL Macronectes giganteus 1
937 NORTHERN GIANT-PETREL M. halli 1
083 Fairy Prion Pachyptila turtur 150+ (50+)
068 Fluttering Shearwater Puffinus gavia 18 (17)
913 Hutton’s Shearwater P. huttoni (6) 3
070 Sooty Shearwater P. griseus 1
086 WANDERING ALBATROSS Diomedea exulans 3 (1)
845 TRISTAN ALBATROSS D. dabbenena 1
846 ANTIPODEAN ALBATROSS D. antipodensis 1
847 Gibson’s Albatross D. gibsoni 5 (3)
973 NORTHERN ROYAL ALBATROSS D. sanfordi 1
088 Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophrys 55 (17)
859 Campbell Albatross T. impavida 22 (5)
091 SHY ALBATROSS T. cauta 16 (6)
861 White-capped Albatross T. steadi 3 (1)
862 SALVIN’S ALBATROSS T. salvini 1
089 Indic Yellow-nosed Albatross T. carteri 1
104 Australasian Gannet Morus serrator 6 (3)
106 Australian Pelican Pelicanus conspicillatus 1
980 Brown Skua Catharacta lonnbergi 3 (2)
981 Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus 4 (4)
125 Silver Gull L. novaehollandiae 52 (27)
114 White-fronted Tern Sterna striata 9 (4)
115 Crested Tern S. bergii 28 (10)