• 27th July, 2007 SOSSA PELAGIC TRIP, WOLLONGONG, NSW, AUSTRALIA.

    Report prepared by: P.J. Milburn.

    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)

    937 NORTHERN GIANT-PETREL Macronectes halli 1
    075 GREAT-WINGED PETREL Pterodroma (m.) macroptera 1
    083 Fairy Prion Pachyptila turtur 125+ (70+)
    068 Fluttering Shearwater Puffinus gavia 238 (112)
    070 Sooty Shearwater P. griseus 1
    086 WANDERING ALBATROSS Diomedea exulans 2 (1)
    846 ANTIPODEAN ALBATROSS D. antipodensis 2 (2)
    847 Gibson’s Albatross D. gibsoni 2 (1)
    973 NORTHERN ROYAL ALBATROSS D. sanfordi 1
    088 Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophrys 23 (7)
    859 Campbell Albatross T. impavida 4 (3)
    931 BULLER’S ALBATROSS T. bulleri 1
    091 SHY ALBATROSS T. cauta 10 (4)
    861 White-capped Albatross T. steadi 1
    089 Indic Yellow-nosed Albatross T. carteri 18 (7)
    104 Australasian Gannet Morus serrator 40 (32)
    106 Australian Pelican Pelicanus conspicillatus 2 (1)
    980 Brown Skua Catharacta lonnbergi 1
    981 Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus 3 (3)
    125 Silver Gull L. novaehollandiae 57 (24)
    114 White-fronted Tern Sterna striata 1
    115 Crested Tern S. bergii 23 (8)
  • Slideshow