New Zealand tour trip reports
Place/Trip |
Dates |
Tour run by |
Number of species seen |
2012 |
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| Tour report and checklist for New Zealand 21-day tour (43,380kb & 149kb) |
4 - 24 November |
Brent |
162 species |
2011 |
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| Tour report and checklist for New Zealand 21-day tour (6,604kb & 235kb) | 25 October - 14 November |
Brent |
168 species! Tying the NZ record! |
| Tour report and checklist for pre-WPO Northern North Island tour (3,001kb & 83kb) | 12-19 April |
Brent |
111 species plus heard little-spotted kiwi |
| Tour report and checklist for short Southern South Island tour (2,092kb & 80kb) | 3-9 April |
Brent |
92 species |
| Tour report and checklist for New Zealand 21-day tour...to come | Jan 2011 |
Sav |
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2010 |
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| Tour report and checklist for New Zealand 21-day tour (7MB & 431kb) | 1-21 November |
Brent |
161 species plus heard great-spotted kiwi |
| Species list for a three day Photographic tour in the Central/Southern North Island | 19-21 February |
Brent |
68 species |
| Species list for half day Hawkes Bay tour | 18 February |
Brent |
58 species + 1 heard |
| Species list for full day Hawkes Bay tour | 2 January |
Brent |
65 species |
2009 |
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| Species list for Chatham Island tour operated for Birdwatching Breaks | 18-22 December |
Brent |
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| Species list for New Zealand tour operated for Birdwatching Breaks | 29 November - 16 December |
Brent |
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| Trip report for New Zealand tour operated for Birdwatching Breaks | |||
Trip report for New Zealand tour operated for Ross Silcock/New Zealand Land & Pelagic Bird Tours |
Sav |
165 - a new record! |
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| Species list for New Zealand 21-day tour | 9 February - 1 March |
Brent |
154 species |
| Species list for New Zealand 21-day tour | 12 January - 1 February |
Brent |
156 species |
2007 |
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| Species list for New Zealand 21-day tour | 11-31 January |
Brent |
156 species |
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Pelagic and general birding trip reports
Place/Trip |
Date |
Author |
Birds
of interest |
2011 |
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| Three Kings/Far North pelagic |
2 -5 March 2011 |
Sav |
THE BEST Three Kings pelagic to date - Collared petrel (first record for NZ), Tahiti petrel, wedge-tailed shearwater, and sooty tern (photos) |
2010 |
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| Three Kings/Far North pelagic | 1 -4 April 2010 |
Nigel Milius |
Campbell albatross, Kermadec petrel, Pomarine skua, Bryde's whale (photos) |
| Haurakui Gulf and Whitianga pelagics and northern birding | 10 - 14 February 2010 |
Brent |
NZSP, Australasian little grebe, Pycroft's petrel (photos) |
2009 |
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| Three Kings/Far North pelagic | 4 - 7 April 2009 |
Sav |
South Polar skua, black (white-capped) noddy, Kermadec petrel (photos) |
2008 |
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| Kaikoura pelagic | 1 June 2008 |
Steve Wood & Russell Cannings |
White-headed petrel, Antarctic fulmar, white-chinned petrel (white-chinned bird) (photos) |
| Three Kings pelagic | 5 - 8 April 2008 |
Sav |
Long-tailed skua, South Polar skua, white-naped petrel, GOULD'S PETREL and other rarities (photos) |
2007 |
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| Three Kings pelagic | 31 March - 3 April 2007 |
Brent and Sav |
GOULD'S PETREL and other rarities (photos) |
2006 |
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| Oceanwings pelagic | 3 November 2006 |
Brent |
Wandering albatross, Westland petrel, dusky dolphins (photos) |
| Hauraki Gulf pelagic | 25 October 2006 |
Brent |
NZ storm-petrel, Australasian gannets diving (photos) |
| Far North pelagic | 30 September - 1 October 2006 |
Sav |
Grey petrel, white-chinned petrel, wandering albatrosses (photos) |
| Gisborne pelagic | 19 August 2006 |
Brent |
Chatham alb, grey petrel, 9 taxa of albs! (photos) |
| NZ falcon observations | 8 June 2006 |
Brent |
NZ falcon (photos) |
| Milford Sound to Brisbane cruise | 27 February to 3 March 2006 |
Brent |
Stejneger's, white-headed, Kermadec, and white-naped petrels amongst others (photos) |
| Auckland to Milford Sound cruise | 30 January to 8 February 2006 |
Brent |
Seabirds, falcon |
2005 |
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| Napier 'mini' pelagic | 12 December 2005 |
Brent |
Black petrel |
| Milford Sound to Auckland cruise | 1-10 December 2005 |
Brent |
Seabirds and intermediate egret |
| Whitianga pelagic | 24 November 2005 |
Roger McNeill |
Pycroft's petrel, black petrel |
| Napier pelagic | 19 November 2005 |
Colin Miskelly |
Albatrosses, white-faced storm-petrel |
| Chatham Islands | 7-28 November 2005 |
Brent |
Taiko, black robin, and other Chatham endemics (photos) |
2004 |
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| Tolaga Bay pelagic | 4 December 2004 |
Sav |
Little shearwater, black petrel, skuas |
| Hauraki Gulf pelagic | 13 November 2004 |
Sav |
NZ storm-petrel, Cook's petrel |
| Kermadec Islands | 1-14 November 2004 |
Brent |
Kermadec storm-petrel, Kermadec petrel, white-naped petrel, etc (photos) |
| Hick's Bay 'Ranfurly Banks' pelagic | 10 Oct 2004 |
Tim Barnard & Brent |
Albatrosses, Wilson's storm-petrel |
| Tolaga Bay pelagic | 9 Oct 2004 |
Sav & Brent |
Albatrosses and Antarctic fulmar |
| Napier pelagic | 10 July 2004 |
Brent |
Brown skua, prions |
| South Island Trip | 3 - 8 June 2004 |
Sav |
Black stilt, falcon, seabirds (photos) |
| Tolaga Bay pelagic | 2 May 2004 |
Brent |
Brown skua, GREY PHALAROPE |
| Hauraki Gulf | 8 Feb 2004 |
Sav |
New Zealand storm-petrel |
| Hauraki Gulf | 18 Jan 2004 |
Brent |
New Zealand storm-petrel |
2003 |
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| Tolaga Bay pelagic | 7 Dec 2003 |
Sav |
Cook's petrel, grey-backed and white-faced storm-petrel, white-chinned petrel (photos) |
| Manawatu Estuary | 11-15 Nov 2003 |
Brent & Sav |
Great knot, Asiatic whimbrel (photos) |
| Whitianga pelagic | 6 Nov 2003 |
Brent & Sav |
Pycroft's and Cook's petrel, white-faced storm-petrel, short-tailed and sooty shearwater (photos) |
| Miranda | 5-6 Nov 2003 |
Brent & Sav |
Marsh, terek, and sharp-tailed sandpipers, NZ dotterel (photos) |
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"The Touring Wrybills" Twitchathon Team |
26-27 Oct 2003 |
Sav |
86 species in a 24 hour period, with no boats or island visits!! |
7 Sept 2003 |
Brent |
Fluttering shearwater, Common diving petrel, Little shearwater, Humpback whale (photos) | |
| Oceanwings pelagic, Kaikoura | 3 Sept 2003 |
Brent |
Hutton's shearwater, Chatham albatross (photos) |
| Gisborne pelagic | 27 July 2003 |
Tim Barnard & Brent |
Thin-billed prion, Chatham albatross, other seabirds (photo) |
| Wanganui pelagic | 13 June 2003 |
Sav |
White-capped albatross (photo) |
1 May 2003 |
Brent |
Brown teal, little cormorant, etc (photos) | |
27 April 2003 |
Tim Barnard |
Brown skua, South Polar skua, long-tailed skua, grey petrel, Wilson's storm-petrel (photos) | |
23 Feb 2003 |
Tim Barnard |
Long-tailed skua and others (photos) | |
21 Feb 2003 |
Brent |
Sanderling (photos) | |
19 Jan 2003 |
Brent |
Waders in breeding plumage! (photos) | |
25 Jan 2003 |
Brent & Sav |
Flesh-footed shearwater, Pycroft's petrel, Unidentified storm-petrel (photos) | |
20 Jan 2003 |
Brent & Sav |
Common tern, mixed waders (photos) | |
03-13 Jan 2003 |
Brent |
Kea, Fiordland-crested penguin, Yellowhead (photos) | |
02 Dec 2002 |
Brent |
North royal alb, cape petrel (subsp. capense), red-necked phalarope (photos) | |
2002 |
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29 Nov 2002 |
Sav |
Chinstrap penguin (photos) | |
26 Nov 2002 |
Brent |
Royal spoonbill, brown teal (photos) | |
23 Nov 2002 |
Sav |
Manawatu Estuary Trust "Welcome to the Birds" -Mixed waders, inc Eastern curlew (photos) |
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5-7 July 2002 |
Brent |
Franklin's gull (missed), Pacific heron, glossy ibis | |
3 June 2002 |
Brent |
Misc. seabirds, black petrel, albatrosses | |
2 June 2002 |
Brent |
Misc. seabirds, white-headed petrel | |
30 May - 3 June 2002 |
Brent |
Great-crested grebe, New Zealand falcon | |
27-29 May 2002 |
Brent & Sav |
Soft-plumaged petrel and other seabirds | |
24-26 May 2002 |
Brent |
Kookaburra and sanderling |
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11 May 2002 |
Sav |
Chestnut teal (photos) | |
9 & 11 May 2002 |
Black kite (photos) | ||
20-27 April 2002 |
Sav |
Various seabirds | |
31 March 2002 |
Sav |
Phoenix petrel | |
23 & 24 March 2002 |
Brent |
Mongolian dotterel and other waders (photos) | |
17 March 2002 |
Brent |
Pycroft's and black petrel (photos) | |
9 March 2002 |
Brent |
Grey ternlet (photos) |
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