28 November 2022 Report
OVERVIEW
23C, some cloud cover. Wind: Stronger than forecast. 15-20 knots at times. Sea surface temps: 19.6C. 2m seas.
TRIP SUMMARY
Arrived at the shelf coming up to 11am. Set up the 1st drift just west of the seamount. We drifted at 0.5 knots to the north west taking us further from the seamount. 2nd drift was made once again west of the seamount but slightly further south, once again drifting ~0.5NM north west.
A handful of common dolphins, plus a number of sunfish. One gave us terrific views. Flying fish also seen.
BIRD LIST
(Note that the numbers in parentheses represent the approximate maximum number of that species in view at one time)
| Wilson's Storm Petrel | 17 | |
| Shy Albatross | 8 | |
| Black-browed Albatross | 1 | |
| Campbell Albatross | 1 | |
| Grey-faced Petrel | 3 | |
| Wedge-tailed Shearwater | 120 | |
| Flesh-footed Shearwater | 40 | |
| Short-tailed Shearwater | 65 | |
| Sooty Shearwater | 3 | |
| Fluttering Shearwater | 5 | |
| Hutton's Shearwater | 100 | |
| Fluttering-type Shearwaters | 50 | |
| Pomarine Jaeger | 5 | |
| Jeager sp. | 1 | |
| Silver Gull | 70 | |
| Sooty Tern | 1 | |
| Greater Crested Tern | 5 |
OTHER
| Common Dolphin | |
| Sunfish | 5 |
| Flyingfish | 2 |
Highlights
(Photographs Meysam Makvandi and Roksana Boreli).
Meysam Makvandi
Meysam Makvandi
Roksana Boreli
Roksana Boreli