| Sun 19 |  | Grey Ternlet
Upper Rolland’s Plains , Telegraph Point |
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| Yet another Grey Ternlet, blown ashore or blown inland on the NSW Coast since 12/1/2025. Very windy at Upper Rollands Plains at the time, it stayed a little while and then flew east. (Moderators Note: There have been at least 10-12 reports of Grey Ternlets seen along the NSW Coast or actually blown ashore or blown inland like this bird, in the past week, presumably including birds from Lord Howe Island, the nearest breeding colony. AKM). |
| Joy Marshall 19/1 #272106 |
| Sat 18 | | Tahiti Petrel, IYNA and Grey Ternlet
Mistral Point, Maroubra |
| An unprecedented sea watch today, with multiple highlights.
Tahiti Petrel very close in (DM&GM) 4+ Grey Ternlets, 22 Black-browed Albatross, 20 Shy Albatross, 3 Buller’s Albatross and astonishingly an Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross. These albatross numbers are the highest number, by far recorded from land in January from Maroubra. The Tahiti Petrel is ludicrously rarely seen bird from land on the East Coast, even the QLD guys rarely (if ever) see them from South Stradbroke. 1500 Short-tailed Shearwaters was an under-estimate and provided an almost ever present stream of birds to act as a marker to compare distances for the other birds. 5 Pomarine Jagers were noted today, however NO Long-tailed or Arctic Jaegers logged. Hutton’s and Fluttering Shearwaters were well represented with approximately 25 and 75 birds respectively.Needless to say the Tahiti was a Maroubra 1st. A fabulous start to 2025 and maybe a fortuitous Sydney Pelagic cancellation today that resulted in this classic Maroubra sea watch. eBird checklist |
| D.Mitford,G.McLachlan,R.Griffin,R.Hynson, M.Ellison,R.Murray 18/1 #272105 |
| | Grey Ternlet
Rainbow Beach, Bonny Hills |
| Grey Ternlet first seen very close to the shore, appeared to be struggling to get out to sea. Lost to sight, moving north |
| James Oates 18/1 #272104 |
| | Buller's Shearwater
Long Reef Aquatic Reserve |
| Single Buller's Shearwater seen close in to the reef at approx 4:15pm. The only close in shearwater seen but distinctive "M" on the back, but other wise paler grey and very clean white underneath with a small black trailing edge on the wing. Bird was heading away from shore into the SEly wind. Nothing unusual taking refuge on the rocks from the heavy weather that I could see. |
| Tom Wilson 18/1 #272103 |
| | Grey Ternlet
Tacking Point Lighthouse |
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| The bird was seen flying north. White head, large black eye and black bill. Grey on top of wing and back. White on belly and white underwing with black edging. Small forked tail. eBird checklist |
| James Andrews 18/1 #272102 |
| | Tahiti Petrel, Grey Ternlet, Streaked Shearwater.
Sydney Harbour National Park,North Head |
| Fantastic seawatch from North Head this afternoon only about five minutes after I arrived, I saw a Tahiti Petrel flying south into the wind just outside the stream of Short-tailed Shearwaters going south. I also counted 7 Grey Ternlets feeding about 200 meters off the headland nearly all the birds were heading into the wind. I also counted 8 Black-browed and 5 Shy Albatross and last but not least I saw my first Streaked Shearwater for the summer just before i left to go home. |
| Michael Ronan 18/1 #272101 |
| | Bridled Tern
Tacking Point Lighthouse, Port Macquarie |
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| The bird was seen flying near the rocky headlands just off the lighthouse. Black cap with white supercilious that stretches behind the eye. Brown/grey back and wings. (Moderator's Note: subject to ORAC Review, possibly the 8th record for NSW . AKM). eBird checklist |
| James Andrews 18/1 #272099 |