The following images were from a pelagic birdwatching trip from Port Fairy (Victoria) on the 8th May 2022. Weather was fair but generally overcast and a successful trip overall with around 20 species sighted and particularly good for the ‘great’ albatross species.

Northern Royal Albatross
(May 2022 – Port Fairy Pelagic, Victoria, Australia)
Northern Royal Albatross
(May 2022 – Port Fairy Pelagic, Victoria, Australia)
Northern Royal Albatross
(May 2022 – Port Fairy Pelagic, Victoria, Australia)
Northern Royal and Shy Albatross
(May 2022 – Port Fairy Pelagic, Victoria, Australia)
Northern Giant Petrel
(May 2022 – Port Fairy Pelagic, Victoria, Australia)
Northern Giant Petrel
(May 2022 – Port Fairy Pelagic, Victoria, Australia)
Northern Giant Petrel
(May 2022 – Port Fairy Pelagic, Victoria, Australia)
Northern Giant Petrel with Shy Albatross for size comparison
(May 2022 – Port Fairy Pelagic, Victoria, Australia)
Wandering Albatross – Gibson’s
(May 2022 – Port Fairy Pelagic, Victoria, Australia)
Wandering Albatross – Gibson’s
(May 2022 – Port Fairy Pelagic, Victoria, Australia)
Wandering Albatross – Gibson’s
(May 2022 – Port Fairy Pelagic, Victoria, Australia)
Wandering Albatross – Snowy
(May 2022 – Port Fairy Pelagic, Victoria, Australia)
Wandering Albatross – Snowy
(May 2022 – Port Fairy Pelagic, Victoria, Australia)
Wandering Albatross – New Zealand
(May 2022 – Port Fairy Pelagic, Victoria, Australia)
Wandering Albatross – Gibsons?
(May 2022 – Port Fairy Pelagic, Victoria, Australia)
Wandering Albatross – Gibsons ?
(Albatross (May 2022 – Port Fairy Pelagic, Victoria, Australia)
Wandering Albatross – New Zealand ?
(May 2022 – Port Fairy Pelagic, Victoria, Australia)
Wandering Albatross – New Zealand ?
(May 2022 – Port Fairy Pelagic, Victoria, Australia)
Buller’s Albatross
(May 2022 – Port Fairy Pelagic, Victoria, Australia)
Buller’s Albatross
(May 2022 – Port Fairy Pelagic, Victoria, Australia)
Campbell Island Albatross
(May 2022 – Port Fairy Pelagic, Victoria, Australia)
Shy (White-Capped) Albatross
(May 2022 – Port Fairy Pelagic, Victoria, Australia)
Black-Browed Albatross
(May 2022 – Port Fairy Pelagic, Victoria, Australia)
Wandering Albatross with Shy Albatross for size comparison
(May 2022 – Port Fairy Pelagic, Victoria, Australia)
White-Fronted Tern
(May 2022 – Port Fairy Pelagic, Victoria, Australia)
White-Fronted Tern
(May 2022 – Port Fairy Pelagic, Victoria, Australia)
Wilson’s Storm-Petrel
(May 2022 – Port Fairy Pelagic, Victoria, Australia)
Wilson’s Storm-Petrel
(May 2022 – Port Fairy Pelagic, Victoria, Australia)
Grey-Backed Storm-Petrel
(May 2022 – Port Fairy Pelagic, Victoria, Australia)
Grey-Backed Storm-Petrel
(May 2022 – Port Fairy Pelagic, Victoria, Australia)
Grey-Backed Storm-Petrel
(May 2022 – Port Fairy Pelagic, Victoria, Australia)
Fairy Prion
(May 2022 – Port Fairy Pelagic, Victoria, Australia)
Fairy Prion
(May 2022 – Port Fairy Pelagic, Victoria, Australia)
White-Chinned Petrel
(May 2022 – Port Fairy Pelagic, Victoria, Australia)
White-Chinned Petrel
(May 2022 – Port Fairy Pelagic, Victoria, Australia)
White-Chinned Petrel
(May 2022 – Port Fairy Pelagic, Victoria, Australia)
Great-Winged Petrel
(May 2022 – Port Fairy Pelagic, Victoria, Australia)
Possible Short-tailed or Sooty?
Shearwater -short-tailed?
(May 2022 – Port Fairy Pelagic, Victoria, Australia)
Shearwater -short-tailed?
(May 2022 – Port Fairy Pelagic, Victoria, Australia)
Australasian Gannet
(May 2022 – Port Fairy Pelagic, Victoria, Australia)
Great Crested Tern
(May 2022 – Port Fairy Pelagic, Victoria, Australia)

Also seen were:

  • Silver Gull
  • Kelp Gull
  • Hutton’s Shearwater

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