Pelagic Birding in Australia: Welcome to SOSSA...

Pic of the month:

"The best image I've image ever seen of this species" was Lindsay Smith's description of this photograph taken by Mike Chambers on the Wollonong pelagic in January 2009.To submit photos for this site follow this link.

SOSSA is a wildlife conservation and research organisation. Its members are dedicated amateurs and professionals who share a common interest and concern for the marine environment and the wildlife of the Southern Oceans. SOSSA organises regular pelagic trips from Wollongong, NSW and Southport, QLD so both members and visitors can view some of the spectacular marine life that occurs off Australia's coast.

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SOSSA news...

The May 2009 report for the Wollongong pelagic trip is now online (05/06/09)

The February and April 2009 reports for the Wollongong pelagic trips are now online (30/5/09)

The March 2009 Ulladulla Deep Water Pelagic report is now online (25/04/09)

The January and March reports for the Wollongong pelagic trips are now online (25/04/09)

For SOSSA members: SOSSA's December newsletter is now available here (23/12/08)

The October 2008 Ulladulla Deep Water Pelagic report is now online (23/12/08)

SOSSA in the news again, this time rescuing a baby loggerhead turtle. The Mercury article - here (29/09/08)

SOSSA's Lindsay Smith and Janice Jenkin-Smith transfers a beach-washed Southern Royal Albatross to the Australian Musuem - The Mercury article - here (26/09/08)

Photographs have now been added to the April 2008 Ulladulla Deep Water pelagic report (18/09/08)

The December 2007 and June 2008 Southport pelagic reports are now online (18/09/08)

The August pelagic report is now online (10/09/08)

The May pelagic report is now online (21/06/08)

The April Deep Water Pelagic report is now online (28/04/08)

The February and March pelagic reports are now online (28/04/08)

The January pelagic report is now online (09/02/08)

The December pelagic report is now online (04/01/08)

The late October,and November Wollongong pelagic reports are now online (16/12/07)

The August, September and October, Wollongong pelagic report is now online (09/11/07)

A sad story of a badly injured albatross. Can SOSSA come to the rescue? pdf file of article in the Illawarra Mercury (30/08/07)

The July Wollongong pelagic report is now online (09/06/07)

The June Wollongong pelagic report is now online (09/06/07)

The May Wollongong pelagic reports are now online (09/06/07)

SOSSA's own Lindsay Smith OAM wins the Serventy Conservation Medal awarded by the Wildlife Presevation Society of Australia. Full details here. (03/05/07)

Report of the Inaugral SOSSA Deep Water (20/4/07)

Apolgies for the delay but the November and December pelagic reports are now online (13/2/07)

The October Wollongong pelagic reports are now online (1/11/06)

The August Wollongong pelagic reports is now online (24/08/06)

Belatedly, the April Wollongong pelagic reports is now online (15/07/06)

The May and June Wollongong pelagic reports are now online (09/07/06)

SOSSA's own Janice Jenkin-Smith is awarded an Order of Australia Medal (OAM) for wildlife conservation (29/06/06)

The March Wollongong pelagic report is now online (12/04/06)

The January and February Wollongong pelagic reports are now online (11/03/06)

December pelagic report is now updated with photographs of long-finned pilot whales (06/03/06)

SOSSA appears in the Australian Traveller (08/02/06)

December pelagic report is now online (06/01/06)

Upcoming pelagic birding trips...

Wollongong - trip dates 2009 & 2010

Southport

SOSSA's Deep Water Pelagic Expeditions

These trips head out between 80 to 100 nautical miles NE or SE from Ulladulla on the MV Banks and provide 2 full days of daylight viewing. All meals provided.