Southport Sea Mounts Trip 13-16th April 2012
Hi All, here is a very brief, preliminary report of the inaugural Southport, SEQ seamount trip from last weekend., a slightly more detailed report will follow for this forum and more for the SOSSA site and indeed more later. Basically we headed out on Friday evening to the Queensland Seamount 91 nautical miles NE, arriving there early on Saturday morning, and spending the rest of the day there. Saturday night was spent heading 74 nautical miles south to the much larger Britannica Sea Mount where we spent all day Sunday before heading for home.
Some of the species observed, frankly did not surprise me, in fact the occurrence of New Zealand Storm Petrel was one of these, just the numbers present (of course these are considered probable sightings and subject to BARC approval). What surprised me most of all were the numbers of the more common species we would not expect to see in the southern Coral Sea at this time of year, or for that matter any time of year eg. Great-winged (Grey-faced ) Petrel. The White-bellied Storm-Petrel will also be considered for BARC after more scrutiny. Listed below are the species, with totals for the two days and only of the species sighted out on the Sea Mounts.
Red-tailed Tropicbird * 1 White-tailed Tropicbird * 1 Wilson*s Storm-Petrel * 63 New Zealand Storm- Petrel * c.10 White-faced Storm-Petrel * 5 Black-bellied Storm-Petrel * 1 White-bellied Storm-Petrel * 1 Wandering Albatross (all considered gibsoni) * 4 Wedge-tailed Shearwater * 11 Flesh-footed Shearwater * 231 Short-tailed Shearwater * 8 Tahiti Petrel * 3 Kermadec Petrel * 29 Great-winged Petrel * 247 Providence Petrel * 67 Gould*s Petrel * 54 White-necked Petrel * 11 Pomarine Jaeger * 3 Arctic Jaeger * 1 White Tern * 4 Sooty Tern * 3 Common Noddy * 1
Cheers * Paul W.
There is a regular Southport this Saturday the 21st with a couple of spaces still available. Contact Paul Walbridge on (PH) (H) 07 3256 4124 (W) 3139 4584. e-mail: Paul_Walbridge@health.qld.gov.au
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