• Sunday 28th August 2016 SOSSA PELAGIC TRIP, KIAMA, NSW, AUSTRALIA.

    BOAT TRIP DATA SHEET - KIAMA
    Date / Month 28th AUGUST 2016 - SUNDAY Recorded by Lindsay Smith
    Location: Kiama aboard the M.V. Kato
    Air temp 18º Water temp In Shore 19.6 Off Shore 19.8 º
    Air pressure 1024 hp Cloud cover 2/5
    Wind speed and direction 15-20kts 7-10 afternoon Sea conditions E

    Comments

    Another very quiet day for seabirds overall, with very few birds about. No birds were captured for the day. The Hump-backed Whale migration is well underway with 10-12 pods of 3 animals. At one stage we had about 6 animals around and under the boat at very close quarters. There were also several small pods of Common and Bottle-nosed Dolphins that came into the boat.

    Sp No Species Number
    971 Providence Petrel, Pterodroma solandri 6
    083 Fairy Prion, Pachyptila turtur 10
    069 Wedge-tailed Shearwater, Puffinus pacificus 30
    068 Fluttering Shearwater, Puffinus gavial 5
    913 Hutton’s Shearwater, Puffinus huttoni 7
    Fluttering/Hutton's 10
    088 Black-browed Albatross, Thalassarche melanophrys 3
    859 Campbell Albatross, Thalassarche impavida 1
    861 White-capped Albatross, Thalassarche steadi 2
    864 Indian yellow-nosed Albatross,Thalassarche bassi 2
    065 White-faced Storm-Petrel, Pelagodroma marina 10
    104 Australasian Gannet, Morus serrator 5
    100 Little Pied Cormorant, Phalacrocorax melanoleucos 2
    106 Australian Pelican, Pelicanus conspicillatus 6
    125 Silver Gull, Larus novaehollandiae 20
    115 Crested Tern, Sterna bergii 10