Royal Albatross Centre

Otago > New Zealand

The Albatross Colony at Taiaroa Head is an easily accessible place were you can be overwhelmed by hundreds of albatrosses, gulls and penguins.

Added* by Paul Poletajew
Most recent update 4 marts 2022

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Description

The Royal Albatross colony is stunning and has a very good exhibition in the Royal Albatross Centre. Also gulls are breeding all over the area and you literally walk through their colony. There are beautiful viewpoints, where you can see also cormorants and shags nesting on the cliffs and last but not least of course the Little Penguin colony at Pilot's Beach.

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Access

You can access the area by bike, car, taxi or shuttlebus from Dunedin.

Terrain and Habitat

Mountain , Canyon/cliff , Beach , Scattered trees and bushes , Sea , Dunes

Conditions

Mountainous , Sandy , Rocky , Open landscape , No shadow

Circular trail

Is a telescope useful?

Yes

Good birding season

Spring

Best time to visit

Spring , Spring migration

Route

Paved road , Wide path

Difficulty walking trail

Easy

Accessible by

Foot , Bicycle , Car , Wheelchair

Birdwatching hide / platform

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Map

Top 5 birds

1. Royal Albatross
(Diomedea epomophora)

2. Little Penguin
(Eudyptula minor)

3. Black-billed Gull
(Chroicocephalus bulleri)

4. Little Pied Cormorant
(Microcarbo melanoleucos)

5. Spotted Shag
(Phalacrocorax punctatus)

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