Eaglehawk Neck, Tas Pelagic Trip Report 27 August 2000
Conditions,
Departed at 7.55 am and returned at approx. 3.35 pm.
Most observations south and east of Hippolyte Rock
Sea Conditions: Slight sea with 2-3m swell from south-east and 1m swell
from south-west (quite spectacular on the cliffs, and enough to have driven
a fishing boat off its moorings and onto the opposite beach the day before)
Weather: Fine but cool
Wind: 20-30 knot wind in Pirates Bay, easing once outside to 10-15 knots
in morning and 5-10 knots in pm.
Water temperature: Mostly 12.3-12.7 degrees C (both inshore and offshore),
but at our last stop it was 13.5.
Those on board,
John Barkla, Gabrielle Barkla, Jack Barkla, Ross Mulholland, Jann
Mulholland, Chris Lester, Cynthia Sleight-Meyles, Andrew Mayles, Bill
Sleight, Rich Swales, Sue Baker, Bill Wakefield, George Appleby, and Tim Reid.
Birds (Approximate numbers seen, with maximum in brackets)
Wandering Albatross 2(1)
Southern Royal Albatross 4(2)
Shy Albatross 50(25)
Salvin's Albatross 1(1)
Black-browed Albatross
impavida 4(3)
melanophris 2(2)
subspecies 1(1)
Buller's Albatross 2(1)
Yellow-nosed Albatross 8(3)
Northern Giant-petrel 3(2)
Southern Giant-petrel 1(1)
Cape Petrel 2(1)
Great-winged Petrel
macroptera 10(4)
Solander's Petrel 2(2)
Antarctic Prion 1(1)
Antarctic/Salvin's Prion 2(1)
Thin-billed Prion 1(1)
Sooty Shearwater 2(1)
Fluttering Shearwater 1(1)
Fluttering/Hutton's Shearwater 3(2)
Grey-backed Storm-petrel 1(1)
White-faced Storm-petrel 1(1)
Common Diving-petrel 40(3)
Dominican Gull 25(20)
Crested Tern 5(3)
Australian Gannet 15(5)
Black-faced Shag 1(1)
On Hippolyte Rock
Black-faced Shag 35
Dominican Gull 30
In Pirates Bay
Little Penguin 1
Silver Gull
Dominican Gull
Pacific Gull
Sooty Oystercatcher 7
Mammals,
Australian Fur-seal 55 on Hippolyte Rock.
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Tim Reid.
Nature Conservation Branch (Marine)
Department of Primary Industry, Water and Environment
PO Box 44a
Hobart
Tasmania
Australia
phone: 011-61-3-62336018
fax: 011-61-3-62333477
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