One of the objectives for our visit to the Kermadec Islands was to collect blood and feather samples from Kermadec Petrels and investigate whether there are two separate populations of these petrels. After an initial burst of finding eight chicks

Today we celebrate hump day as we reach the halfway point of our humpback study at Raoul Island. The last few days have presented us with some difficult weather, and Braveheart has shifted anchorages several times to tuck into the

When I was last here in 2008 we saw Kermadec Petrels flying about Rayner Point where there is an acoustic attraction system set up, but we found no sign of their breeding on Raoul Island. These acoustic systems (there are

We woke at dawn to the scene of a silvery grey light blanketing the high volcanic cliffs and calm waters of Denham Bay, our anchorage of the last few days on the west coast of Raoul Island. Once breakfasted, the