Gary and a team of keen birders headed out off-shore on Saturday morning, further than we usually go on an Albatross Encounter tour. they were looking for some more unusual visitors to the area and they were not dissapointed, a black-bellied storm petrel was sighted, a first for us here in Kaikoura.
The complete list of species are as follows:
6 - northern royal albatross
6 - southern royal albatross
6 - Gibson's wandering albatross
2 - antipodean albatross
4 - black-browed albatross
10 - New Zealand white-capped albatross
20 - Buller's albatross (northern)
4 - Buller's albatross (southern)
17 - northern giant petrel
5 - westland petrel
3 - white chinne petrel
1 - grey faced petrel
80 - cape pigeon
2 - common diving petrel
20 - Hutton's shearwater
6 - sooty shearwater
1 - short tailed shearwater
10 - white fronted tern
10 - black fronted tern
25 - black-backed gull
2 - black billed gull
30 - red-billed gull
30 - spotted shag
1 - black-bellied storm petrel
I will add some photos when they are downloaded from the camera.
Cheers
Alex
