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