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Seabirds found dead on New Zealand beaches in 1981

Notornis, 30 (2), 125-135

R.G. Powlesland (1983)

Article Type: Paper

In 1981, 3,654 kilometres of coast were patrolled by 182 members of the Ornithological Society of New Zealand and their friends, and 5,627 dead seabirds were found. New records for the Beach Patrol Scheme were a Kermadec petrel (Pterodroma neglecta) and a long-tailed skua (Stercorarius longicaudus). Unusual finds were yellow-nosed mollymawk (Diomedea chlororhynchus), wedge-tailed shearwater (Puffinus pacificus), Wilson’s storm petrel (Oceanites oceanicus), black-bellied storm petrel (Fregetta tropica) and black-fronted tern (Sterna albostriata). A major wreck of Kerguelen petrels (Pterodroma brevirostris) and blue petrels (Halobaena caerulea) occurred in spring along the western coast of the North Island.

Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) roosts and flightlines near Wellington

Notornis, 30 (3), 217-226

R.E. Brockie (1983)

Article Type: Paper

Information on flightlines of starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) to and from roosts is summarised, and a map shows sites and areas served by roosts in the Wellington area. Four offshore islands in the area are used as roosts. In midwinter birds may spend 16 hours nightly in roosts. One roost has remained in use since at least 1913, and others have shifted or been used intermittently. The number of starlings flying to the major roosts in the region has fallen during the 1970s.
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