WOLLONGONG NSW BOAT TRIP REPORT - 25.2.96.
Those (8 PEOPLE ONLY - THANKS FOR THEIR SUPPORT!!!) on board: Phil Hansbro,
Peter Milburn, Tony Palliser, John Reidy, Mike Ronan, Peter Mason and his
daughter, Conrad ? a visitor from Ireland.
The sea had a 0.5 M swell and there was a 5 knot North Easterly. We headed
North East to 30 nautical miles but could find no trawlers. There were good
numbers of birds for this time of year but they weren't hungry and did not come
into the boat.
BIRD LIST
Little Penguin 1
Black-browed Albatross (1 adult of the race impavida, which is only the second
March record)
Great-winged Petrel 30+
Solander's Petrel 5+
Flesh-footed Shearwater 10+
Wedge-tailed Shearwater 400+
Short-tailed Shearwater 20+
Fluttering Shearwater 10+
Wilson's Storm-Petrel 3+
A. Pelican 5+
Australasian Gannet 16+
Kelp Gull 5+
Silver Gull 50+
Arctic Skua 10+
Pomarine Skua 30+
Crested Tern 9
Little Pied Cormorant 1
Great Cormorant 4
Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo 2 from the harbour.
The next trips are from Wollongong on Sunday the 28th of March and from Sydney
on the 14th of April. There are lots of places left on both trips.
Cheers
Phil Hansbro
Southern Oceans Seabird Study Association
If you would like to go on any pelagic trips off NSW, contact me as follows;
Email;
Ph; (h) 06-2498234, (w) 06-2493091.
Fax; 06-2494891.
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