25 May 2025 Report

OVERVIEW

Fine, cloudy, 21C. 10 knot NW winds. <1m seas. Sea surface temperatures 19.9C.

Four Chestnut Teal were encountered flying north around 7NM offshore. A lone White-necked Heron was also seen some distance from the boat heading west past the shelf drop-off at 20NM offshore.

BIRD LIST

(Note that the numbers in parentheses represent the approximate maximum number of that species in view at one time)

Silver Gull	45
Greater Crested Tern	18
Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross	2
Shy Albatross	5	(2)
Black-browed Albatross	5
Campbell Albatross	1
Wilson's Storm Petrel	30
Grey-faced Petrel	1
Providence Petrel	11
Hutton's Shearwater	1
Australasian Gannet	23

OTHER

Oceanic Bottlenose Dolphin
Humpback Whale
False killer whale

The next Sydney pelagic trip is scheduled for Saturday 14th June 2025 departing from Mosman at 6.45am and Double Bay at 7.00am.
All information on our trips including dates and contact details can be found on the website at sydneypelagics.info
Book at contact@sydneypelagics.info
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(Photographs Richard Webber and Greg McLachlan).

Richard Webber
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