Report prepared by: Lindsay Smith
Departed: 07:15 returned at approx. 15:00.
Sea conditions: E
Weather:Cloud cover 3-4/5
Temperature max: 24 °C.
Wind: S SE 10-15 increasing -20k in afternoon.
Sea surface temperature: 22.6°C.
Comments:
What a difference 24hrs and a southerly change can make.
Sp No Species Number
005 Little Penguin, Eudyptula minor 3-5
079 Giant-Petrel, Macronectes sp 1
984 Cape Petrel, Daption capense 1
069 Wedge-tailed Shearwater, Puffinus pacificus 100’s
072 Flesh-footed Shearwater, Puffinus carneipes 50+
071 Short-tailed Shearwater, Puffinus tenuirostris 10
068 Fluttering Shearwater, Puffinus gavial 100’s
913 Hutton’s Shearwater, Puffinus huttoni 20-30
Wandering Albatross, Diomedea spp 30+
086 Wandering Albatross, Diomedea exulans 3
846 Antipodean Albatross, Diomedea antipodensis 3
847 Gibson’s Albatross, Diomedea gibsoni 20+
088 Black-browed Albatross, Thalassarche melanophrys 3
091 Shy Albatross, Thalassarche cauta 3
864 Indian yellow-nosed Albatross,Thalassarche bassi 4
063 Wilson’s Storm-Petrel, Oceanites oceanicus 100+
066 Black-bellied Storm-Petrel, Fregetta tropica 3
104 Australasian Gannet, Morus serrator 12
097 Little black Cormorant, Phalacrocorax sulcirostris 2
106 Australian Pelican, Pelicanus conspicillatus 10
128 Arctic Jaeger, Stercorarius parasiticus 2
933 Long-tailed Jaeger, Stercorarius longicauda 2
981 Kelp Gull, Larus dominicanus 4
125 Silver Gull, Larus novaehollandiae 40
115 Crested Tern, Sterna bergii 10+
953 Common Tern, Sterna hirundo 8
117 Little Tern, Sterna albifrons 1