Antarctic Petrel
Thalassoica antarctica
Habitat
Pelagic
Arctic Tern
Sterna paradisaea
VU
Atlantic Puffin
Fratercula arctica
Antarctica
Drake Passage pelagic
Two days at sea with albatrosses and petrels following the ship.
- JJanuary: Best
- FFebruary: Best
- MMarch: Good
- AApril: Poor or no data
- MMay: Poor or no data
- JJune: Poor or no data
- JJuly: Poor or no data
- AAugust: Poor or no data
- SSeptember: Poor or no data
- OOctober: Poor or no data
- NNovember: Good
- DDecember: Best
Ecuador
Galápagos Islands
Fearless birds that inspired Darwin; best explored by boat.
- JJanuary: Good
- FFebruary: Good
- MMarch: Good
- AApril: Best
- MMay: Best
- JJune: Best
- JJuly: Good
- AAugust: Good
- SSeptember: Good
- OOctober: Good
- NNovember: Good
- DDecember: Good
New Zealand
Kaikōura
Deep water close to shore brings albatrosses within metres of boats.
- JJanuary: Best
- FFebruary: Best
- MMarch: Best
- AApril: Good
- MMay: Good
- JJune: Good
- JJuly: Good
- AAugust: Good
- SSeptember: Good
- OOctober: Good
- NNovember: Best
- DDecember: Best
Light-mantled Albatross
Phoebetria palpebrata
Australia
Lord Howe Island
A World Heritage island with a rescued endemic rail and seabird colonies.
- JJanuary: Best
- FFebruary: Best
- MMarch: Best
- AApril: Good
- MMay: Poor or no data
- JJune: Poor or no data
- JJuly: Poor or no data
- AAugust: Poor or no data
- SSeptember: Poor or no data
- OOctober: Good
- NNovember: Best
- DDecember: Best
New Zealand
New Zealand subantarctic islands
Auckland and Campbell Islands: albatross nests among megaherbs.
- JJanuary: Best
- FFebruary: Best
- MMarch: Poor or no data
- AApril: Poor or no data
- MMay: Poor or no data
- JJune: Poor or no data
- JJuly: Poor or no data
- AAugust: Poor or no data
- SSeptember: Poor or no data
- OOctober: Poor or no data
- NNovember: Good
- DDecember: Best
Antarctica
Ross Sea
The most remote Antarctic cruise: Adélie colonies and historic huts.
- JJanuary: Best
- FFebruary: Best
- MMarch: Poor or no data
- AApril: Poor or no data
- MMay: Poor or no data
- JJune: Poor or no data
- JJuly: Poor or no data
- AAugust: Poor or no data
- SSeptember: Poor or no data
- OOctober: Poor or no data
- NNovember: Poor or no data
- DDecember: Poor or no data
Snow Petrel
Pagodroma nivea
South Georgia
South Georgia
Beaches packed with King Penguins and breeding albatrosses.
- JJanuary: Best
- FFebruary: Best
- MMarch: Good
- AApril: Poor or no data
- MMay: Poor or no data
- JJune: Poor or no data
- JJuly: Poor or no data
- AAugust: Poor or no data
- SSeptember: Poor or no data
- OOctober: Good
- NNovember: Best
- DDecember: Best
St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
Tristan da Cunha and Gough Island
The world's most remote inhabited island with endemic land birds and seabirds.
- JJanuary: Best
- FFebruary: Best
- MMarch: Best
- AApril: Good
- MMay: Poor or no data
- JJune: Poor or no data
- JJuly: Poor or no data
- AAugust: Poor or no data
- SSeptember: Poor or no data
- OOctober: Poor or no data
- NNovember: Good
- DDecember: Best
Wandering Albatross
Diomedea exulans
Waved Albatross
Phoebastria irrorata