Report prepared by: L.E. Smith
Sea conditions: 1 m
Swell: 1 m ENE.
Temperature at shelf: 20.7°C.
Furthest point: 34 24; 151 20.
Birds recorded according to the latest Environment Australia Reporting Schedule:
Species code: Species name: Numbers:
005 Little Penguin Eudyptula minor 1
073 Great-winged Petrel Pterodroma macroptera gouldi 5
971 Solander’s Petrel P. solandri 3
068 Fluttering Shearwater Puffinus gavia 60
917 Hutton’s Shearwater P. huttoni 1
069 Wedge-tailed Shearwater P. pacificus 200+
072 Flesh-footed Shearwater P. carneipes 4
847 Gibson’s Albatross Diomedea gibsoni 8
846 ANTIPODEAN ALBATROSS D. antipodensis 1
086 WANDERING ALBATROSS Diomedea exulans 2
063 Wilson’s Storm-Petrel Oceanites oceanicus 2
106 Australian Pelican Pelicanus conspicillatus 4
125 Silver Gull L. novaehollandiae 80+
981 Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus 6
114 White-fronted tern Sterna striata 2
115 Crested Tern S. bergii 8
953 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 1
104 Australasian Gannet Morus serrator 3
128 Arctic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus 1
945 Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus 2
20 species of seabird identified outside the breakwater.
Other birds:
226 White-bellied Sea-Eagle Haliaeetus leucocaster 1
Mammals:
Short-beaked Common Dolphin Delphinus delphis 8
Risso’s Dolphin Grampus griseus 4