Highlight of the SOSSA trip Saturday 24th August was a sighting of a
Northern Royal Albatross, the first seen off Wollongong since July
2011. Unfortunately, it was only seen by a few. Those that did the
Sunday trip were more fortunate, as what is believed to be the same
bird, was sighted again, although they were distant views.
Saturdays trip was as follows.
Leaving at 07:10 hrs, we travelled out to 34° 37' 39" S; 151° 16'
54" E (WGS 84), 41 km SE of Wollongong harbour in 300m+ pelagic
waters, where we stopped and drifted 1.95 km NNE, 11:12-12:15 hrs,
catching 1 Wandering and 2 Antipodean (Gibson's) Albatrosses, 1
Buller's Albatross and 2 Southern Giant-Petrels, then turned back in,
stopping at 34° 29' 00" S; 151° 02' 02" E, 13.6 km ESE of the
harbour in 90m+ shelf waters, where we stopped and drifted 400m N,
14:35-14:55 hrs, catching 1 Shy Albatross, before continuing on back
to the harbour, arriving at 16:00. Seas lumpy on the way out, calming
as the wind eased in the afternoon. Water temperature 15.4° inshore
when we left; 18.5° in pelagic waters.
Species sighted
086 Wandering Albatross 2; 1 banded
Wandering Albatross type 6+
846 Antipodean Albatross _gibsoni _2 banded
973 Northern Royal Albatross 1
088 Black-browed Albatross 7 adults including 1 with darvic band (F49)
from Kerguelen Islands? plus 1 immature with darvic band (856) from
Macquarie Island?
859 Campbell Albatross 1 adult
091 Shy Albatross _cauta _10+
861 Shy Albatross _steadi_ 1 adult and probably 2 immatures
864 Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross 2
961 Buller's Albatross _bulleri_ 2
929 Southern Giant Petrel 2; both banded
083 Fairy Prion 20+
075 Great-winged Petrel _macroptera_ 1
971 Providence (Solander's) Petrel 1+
069 Wedge-tailed Shearwater 15+
071 Short-tailed Shearwater 1
068 Fluttering Shearwater 20+
065 White-faced Storm Petrel 1
085 Common Diving Petrel 1
104 Australasian Gannet 3+ adults
106 Australian Pelican 3
125 Silver Gull many
981 Kelp Gull 6 adults & immatures
115 Greater Crested Tern 4
114 White-fronted Tern 7
Thanks to Graham Barwell for the report.
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