17 August 2025 Report
OVERVIEW
Fine, some cloud cover. 18C. Up 15 knot southerly winds dropping at times to 5 knots. Seas 2-3m decreasing to 1.5m. 20.3C sea surface temperatures.
Private charter organised for Cumberland Bird Observers Club. The highlight was the fifth record of Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross off Sydney. The bird stayed with the boat at the drift for some 2.5 hours.
BIRD LIST
(Note that the numbers in parentheses represent the approximate maximum number of that species in view at one time)
| Brown Skua | 1 | |
| Silver Gull | 35 | |
| White-fronted Tern | 4 | (3) |
| Greater Crested Tern | 14 | |
| Antipoden Albatross (Gibson's) | 1 | |
| ATLANTIC YELLOW-NOSED ALBATROSS | 1 | |
| Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross | 3 | |
| Buller's Albatross | 3 | |
| Shy Albatross | 3 | |
| Black-browed Albatross | 15 | |
| Northern Giant Petrel | 1 | |
| Southern Giant Petrel | 1 | |
| Grey-faced Petrel | 1 | |
| Providence Petrel | 12 | |
| Wedge-tailed Shearwater | 7 | (2) |
| Hutton's Shearwater | 3 | |
| Fluttering Shearwater | 1 | |
| Fluttering-type Shearwaters | 30 | |
| Australasian Gannet | 18 |
OTHER
| Humpback Whale | |
| Long-nosed Fur Seal |
Highlights
(Photographs Greg McLachlan).
Greg McLachlan
Greg McLachlan
Greg McLachlan
Greg McLachlan
Greg McLachlan
Greg McLachlan
Greg McLachlan
Greg McLachlan
Greg McLachlan
Greg McLachlan
Greg McLachlan
Greg McLachlan
Greg McLachlan
Greg McLachlan