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Eden (NSW) Pelagic Report. Sunday January 30,
2000.
Information supplied by Eric Andrew.
Departed 8.0 am. Returned 4.20 pm.
Seas: 3.5 - 4 metre swell. Winds 25
knots.
Sky overcast at first, clearing later.
Water temp: 19.6 Deg C. Air temp: 20 Deg
C.
Went out 23 miles. 37.14' - 150.
20'
On board: Eric Andrew, Geoff Duggan, David Webb,
Grahame Clark, Nicola Clark, Paul Pratt (Canada), Tony Russell, Enid Pascoe,
Hilda Anderson, Adam Donaldson, Linda Donaldson, with Skipper John Henry and
Manfred Noether.
Species with maximum at one time in
brackets:
005 Little Penguin 11 (11)
075 Great-winged Petrel 10 (6)
069 Wedge-tailed Shearwater 200+ (100)
975 Buller's Shearwater 2 (1)
072 Flesh-footed Shearwater 4 (2)
070 Sooty Shearwater 5 (2)
071 Short-tailed Shearwater 25 (20)
068 Fluttering Shearwater 30 (25)
913 Hotton's Shearwater 10 (3)
086 Wandering Albatross 4 (2)
088 Black-browed Albatross* 18 (12)
859 Campbell Albatross 1
091 Shy Albatross 10 (5)
862 Salvin's Albatross 1
864 Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross 1
065 White-faced Storm-Petrel 8 (5)
104 Australasian Gannet 30 (26)
100 Little Pied Cormorant 1
098 Black-faced Cormorant 80 (60) within Twofold
Bay
096 Great Cormorant 30 (30)
226 White-bellied Sea Eagle 1
945 Pomarine Jaeger 13 (8)
128 Arctic Jaeger 1
126 Pacific Gull 5 (5) in harbour
125 Silver Gull abundant
115 Crested Tern 8 (5) within Twofold Bay
*1 Black-browed Albatross had red band on
right leg.
Plus 70
Common Dolphins
Next trip Sunday April 30, 2000. Bookings to Barbara
Jones 6495 7390 or email These trips are
organised by Far South Coast Birdwatchers for the benefit of enthusiasts.
Further trips July 30 and October 29. Book now! Group bookings of 10 can
also be arranged at other times.
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