Observation’s 9/1; Beagle Channel; Ushuaia - Port Williams Magellanic Penguin 23 ex. Black-browed Albatross 16 ex. Southern Giant Petrel 9 ex. Imperial Cormorant > 200 ex. Rock Shag 3 ex. Chilean Skua 17 ex. Kelp Gull > 1000 ex South American tern > 520 ex. Black-faced Ibis 2 ex. South American Fur Seal 2 ex. 10/1 Beagle Channel; Port Williams – Isla Gardener Magellanic Penguin 1450 ex. Black-browed Albatross 370 ex. Sooty Shearwater 160 ex. Southern Giant Petrel 60 ex. Magellanic Diving Petrel 2 ex Imperial Cormorant 2200 ex. Rock Shag 21 ex. Chilean Skua 125 ex. Kelp Gull 420 ex Dolphin Gull 80 ex/ South American tern 750 ex. South American Sea Lion 6 ex (1 male + 5 fem./young). Peal’s Dolphin 7 ex. 11/1; Isla gardener – Cabo Horno Magellanic Penguin 77 ex. Rockhopper Penguin 6 ex. Black-browed Albatross 220 ex. Sooty Shearwater 4800 ex. Southern Giant Petrel 5 ex. Wilson’s Storm Petrel 30 ex. Magellanic Diving Petrel 2 ex Imperial Cormorant > 2000 ex. Rock Shag 8 ex. Kelp Gull > 50 ex South American tern > 25 ex. Turkey Vulture 2 ex South American Fur Seal 32 ex.

Peal’s Dolphin 6 ex. Dusky Dolphin 50 ex. Dolphin spec 3 ex. 12/1; Cabo Horno – Edge continental shelf (57.08.955 S/67.22.84 W); (04.00 – 13.00 h) Magellanic Penguin 3 ex. Wandering Albatross 20 ex. Southern Royal Albatross 43 ex. Northern Royal Albatross 1 ex. Black-browed Albatross 1500 ex. Grey-headed Albatross 12 ex. Southern Giant Petrel 35 ex. Sooty Shearwater 200 ex. White-chinned Petrel 3 ex. Cape Pigeon 6 ex Wilson’s Storm Petrel 4500 ex. Black-bellied Storm Petrel 3 ex. Blue Petrel 3 ex. Slender-billed Prion 5 ex Chilean Skua 2 ex. 12/1; Drake Passage; from edge continental shelf (57.08.955 S/67.22.84 W) till dark (58.07.95 S/66.55.3 W); 13.00 – 22.00 h. Wandering Albatross 5 ex. Southern Royal Albatross 3 ex. Black-browed Albatross 50 ex. Light-mantled Sooty Albatross 2 ex. White-chinned Petrel 1 ex. Cape Pigeon 1 ex Wilson’s Storm Petrel 50 ex. Black-bellied Storm Petrel 3 ex. Blue Petrel 115 ex. Slender-billed Prion 2 ex Dwarf Mink Whale 1 ex.

Southern Royal Albatross, Drake Passage, 130108 Photo Florrie de Pater 13/1 58.47.9 S/66.07.0 W – Convergence; 06.00 – 13.30 h. Macaroni Penguin 1 ex. Black-browed Albatross 45 ex. Grey-headed Albatross 1 ex White-chinned Petrel 9 ex. White-headed Petrel 1 ex. Cape Pigeon 5 ex Wilson’s Storm Petrel 7 ex. Blue Petrel 375 ex. Slender-billed Prion 3 ex 13/1; Convergence – dark (51.53.0 S/64.00.59 W); 13.30 – 22.00 h. Black-browed Albatross 20 ex. Grey-headed Albatross 10 ex Southern Roal Albatross 1 ex Southern Giant Petrel 1 ex Northern Giant Petrel 2 ex. White-chinned Petrel 1 ex. Cape Pigeon 3 ex Wilson’s Storm Petrel 65 ex. Black-bellied Storm Petrel 15 ex Blue Petrel 90 ex.

Antarctic Prion 40 ex Risso’s Dolphin 1 ex 14/1; Drake Passage (60.22.6 S/63.17.8 W) – Table Island (62.14.0 S/60.03.0 W); 03.30 – 24.00 h. Wandering Albatross 17 ex. Southern Royal Albatross 2 ex. Black-browed Albatross 18 ex. Grey-headed Albatross 30 ex. Sooty Albatross 1 ex Light-mantled Sooty Albatross 2 ex Southern Giant Petrel 30 ex. Northern Giant Peterel 3 ex White-chinned Petrel 90 ex. Cape Pigeon 50 ex Southern Fulmar 2 ex Wilson’s Storm Petrel 85 ex. Black-bellied Storm Petrel 3 ex. Blue Petrel 5 ex. Antarctic Prion 200 ex Antarctic Fur Seal 6 ex. 15/1; English Strait Chinstrap Penguin 10s Gentoo Penguin 10s Southern Giant Petrel 3 ex Cape Pigeon ca. 50 ex Wilson’s Storm Petrel several Brown Skua > 100 ex Antarctic Tern 10s Leopard Seal 1 ex. Dwarf Mink Whale 1 ex. 15/1; Yankee Harbour Gentoo Penguin 1000s (colony) Chinstrap Penguin 20 ex. Antarctic Cormorant 1 ex. Brown Skua > 100 ex Kelp Gull 1 ex Antarctic Tern 10 ex Leopard Seal 4 ex. Weddell Seal 8 ex.

Elephant Seal 1 ex. 16/1 Half Moon Island Gentoo Penguin 10s Chinstrap Penguin 1000s (colony). Wilson’s Storm Petrel 10s Antarctic Cormorant 10s Sheathbill 4 ex. Brown Skua > 100 ex South Polar Skua 10s Kelp Gull 10 ex Antarctic Tern 30 ex Leopard Seal 1 ex. Weddell Seal 2 ex. Antarctic Fur Seal 1 ex. Humpback Whale min. 5 ex. 17/1; Half Moon Island – Deception Island Gentoo Penguin several Chinstrap Penguin 1000s (colony on Half Moon Isl. And Dec. Isl)). Wilson’s Storm Petrel 10s Cape Pigeon 100s, Dec. Isl. Antarctic Cormorant 10s, Dec. Isl. Skua spec. 10s Kelp Gull several 18/1; Deception Island (in the craterlagoon itself) Gentoo Penguin 3 ex. Chinstrap Penguin 10s . Antarctic Cormorant 5 ex. Brown Skua 10s 19/1, Whaler’s Bay, Deception Island Chinstrap Penguin 5 ex . Antarctic Cormorant 2 ex. Southern Giant Petrel 1 ex. Brown Skua 10s South Polar Skua 2 ex Kelp Gull 10s 19/1; Deception Island – Christiana Island; 14.00 – 22.00 h, Allmost no birds on the sea. Chinstrap Penguin several.

Southern Giant Petrel several Wilson’s Storm Petrel regularly seen Cape Pigeon 100s, Dec. Isl. Antarctic Prion several 20/1; Christiana Island – Enterprise island; 06.00 – 17.00 h. Sea is empty. Wilson’s Storm petrel several Southern Fulmar 10 ex Skua spec. Several Humpback Whale 2 or 3 ex. 20/1; Enterprise Island, in situ at wreck of Norwegian whaler. Antacrtic Cormorant 50 ex. (colony) Brown Skua several Antarctic Tern 20 ex. (colony)

The Anna Margaretha in Errera Channel with Gentoo penguins, 210108 Photo Piet Veel 21/1; Gerlach Strait (between Enterprise Island and Errera Channel) Chinstrap Penguin 1 ex. Gentoo Penguin 1 ex. Southern Giant Petrel 1 ex. Wilson’s Storm Petrel 3 ex. Antarctic Prion 1 ex. Skua spec 8 ex.

South Polar Skua 1 ex. Humpback Whale min. 3 ex. 21/1; Errera Channel Chinstrap Penguin several Gentoo Penguin 1000s (colony). Cape Pigeon 4 ex. Wilson’s Storm Petrel several. Antarctic Cormorant several Skua spec several. Kelp Gull several Antarctic Tern 10 s. Leopard Seal 3 ex. Humpback Whale min. 6 ex. 21/1; Waterboat Point Chinstrap Penguin 1 ex. Gentoo Penguin 1000s (colony). Southern Giant Petrel 1 ex. Antarctic Cormorant several Skua spec 10s. Kelp Gull several Leopard Seal 2 ex. 22/1; Paradise Harbour Gentoo Penguin 100s (colony). Wilson’s Storm Petrel several Antarctic Cormorant 3 ex. Skua spec 3 ex. Antarctic Tern several Leopard Seal 1 ex. Humpback Whale min. 6 ex. 22/1 Gerlach Strait Gentoo Penguin 1000s (colonies). Chinstrap Penguin 2 ex. Southern Giant Petrel > 10 ex. Cape Pigeon > 50 ex. Wilson’s Storm Petrel > 50 ex. Skua spec 15 ex. South Polar Skua 3 ex.

Humpback Whale 1 ex. Orca min. 5 ex. 23/1; Port Lockroy Gentoo Penguin 1000s (colony). Antarctic Cormorant ca. 50 ex. (colony) Sheathbill > 100 ex South Polar Skua 10s. Kelp Gull 10s

Watching Humpback Whales, Lion Sound, 240108 Photo Piet Veel 24/1; Neumayer Channel & Lion Sound, Chinstrap Penguin 3 ex. Gentoo Penguin 1000s (colony). Adelie Penguin 4 ex. Southern Giant Petrel 2 ex. Wilson’s Storm Petrel 55 ex. Antarctic Cormorant 1 ex. South Polar Skua 4 ex. Kelp Gull 2 ex. Antarctic Tern 1 ex.

Humpback Whale 3 ex. Leopard Seal 1 ex. 24/1; Gerlach Strait Gentoo Penguin 10s Southern Giant Petrel 1 ex. Wilson’s Storm Petrel 25 ex. South Polar Skua 17 ex. 24/1 Schollaert Channel Gentoo Penguin 30 ex. Chinstrap Penguin 2 ex Southern Giant Petrel 1 ex. Wilson’s Storm Petrel 7 ex. South Polar Skua 3 ex. Humpback Whale 2 ex. 25/1; Dallman Bay & Melchior Islands Chinstrap Penguin 70 ex. Gentoo Penguin 7 ex. Southern Giant Petrel 2 ex. Wilson’s Storm Petrel 1 ex. Southern Fulmar 10 ex. Antarctic Cormorant 50 ex. South Polar Skua 2 ex. Kelp Gull 4 ex. Antarctic Tern 3 ex. Antarctic Fur Seal 4 + 2 ex. 25/1; Melchior Islands Weddell Seal 1 ex. 25/1; leaving Anderson’s Harbour (Melchior Islands) for Drake Passage (64.06 S/62.59W; 21.00 – 23.00 h.) Wilson’s Storm Petrel 3 ex. Southern Fulmar 45 ex. Kelp Gull 3 ex. Antarctic Tern 3 ex. Humpback Whale 1 ex.

26/1; Drake Passage, continental shelf; 05.45 h (63.20S/63.09W) – 12.00 h. (62.43.3S/63.12.3W). Chinstrap Penguin 15 ex. Black-browed Albatross 8 ex. Grey-headed Albatross 2 ex. Southern Giant Petrel 2 ex. Southern Fulmar 16 ex Cape Pigeon 11 ex. Wilson’s Storm Petrel 13 ex. Black-bellied Storm Petrel 6 ex. Antarctic Prion 1 ex Antarctic Fur Seal 1 ex. 26/1; Drake Passage; 12.00 h (62.43.3S/63.12.3W) – 23.00 h (61.13.7S/63.19.0W) Wandering Albatross 1 juv. ex. Black-browed Albatross 32 ex. Southern Giant Petrel 15 ex. White-chinned Petrel 10 ex. Cape Pigeon > 100 ex; hard to count because groups follow the ship. Southern Fulmar 4 ex Wilson’s Storm Petrel 45 ex. Black-bellied Storm Petrel 7 ex. Blue Petrel 2 ex. Antarctic Prion 25 ex 27/1; Drake Passage; 06.00 h (61.07.2S/63.57.4W) – 12.00 h (60.54.6S/65.07.4W) Wandering Albatross 1 ex. Black-browed Albatross 6 ex. Southern Giant Petrel 2 ex. White-chinned Petrel 3 ex. Wilson’s Storm Petrel 3 ex. Antarctic Prion 5 ex This meagre morning (20 birds in 6 hours time) was followed by an amazingly birdless rest of the day. Only at 22.05 1 White-chinned Petrel passed. 28/1; Drake Passage; 07.00 h (59.58.9S/66.12.7S) – antarctic convergence; 13.00 h (59.20S/66.22W) Black-browed Albatross 1 ex. Southern Giant Petrel 1 ex. Wilson’s Storm Petrel 1 ex. Prion spec 2 ex i.e. 5 birds in 6 hours, the rest of the day remained evenly poor, I did not keep track.

29/1; Drake Passage; 09.00 h (57.09.8S/66.46.4W) – continental shelf ; 17.00 h (56.30.3S/66.58.0W) Diomeda spec 4 ex. Wandering Albatross 5 ex. Southern Royal Albatros 4 ex. Black-browed Albatross 20 ex. Grey-headed Albatross 2 ex. Southern Giant Petrel 6 ex. Northern Giant Petrel 1 ex. Sooty Shearwater 3 ex. White-chinned Petrel 2 ex. Wilson’s Storm Petrel 12 ex. Slender-billed Prion 4 ex

Crossing Drake Passage, 270108 Photo Piet Veel 29/1; Drake Passage, edge continental shelf; 17.00 h. – 22.00 h (56.04.2S/67.05.1W) Black-browed Albatross ca. 60 ex. Sooty Shearwater ca. 150 ex. 30/1; Hershel Island Imperial Cormorant 10s

Kelp Goose 2 pairs Crested Duck ca. 20 ex Chimango 1 ex. Magellanic Oystercatcher 15 ex. Black Oystercatcher 1 ex Baird’s Sandpiper 3 ex. Kelp Gull several South American Tern several Bar-winged Cinclodes 1 ex. Patagonian Sierra Finch 2 ex. 30/1 Bahia Nassau Magellanic Penguin 4 ex. Rockhopper Penguin 2 ex. Black-browed Albatross ca. 700 ex. Sooty Shearwater ca. 1500 ex Southern Giant Petrel 25 ex. Magellanic Diving Petrel 7 ex. Common Diving Petrel 1 ex. Imperial Cormorant ca. 300 ex. Chilean Skua 5 ex. Kelp Gull several South American Tern several 31/1; Puerto Toro, Isla Navarino; two hour morning walk Black-crowned Night Heron 1 ex. Crested Duck 4 ex Chimango 3 ex. Magellanic Oystercatcher 2 ex. Kelp Gull several South American Tern several Chilean Swallow 10s Dark-bellied Cinclodes several Southern House Wren several Austral Trush common Thorn-talied Rayadito common Crested Tit-Tyrant common White-crested Elenia common Black-necked Siskin several Patagonian Sierra Finch several Rufous-necked Sparrow common 31/1: Paso Picton & Beagle Channel to Puerto Williams Magellanic Penguin > 1000 ex. Gentoo Penguin 2 ex. Rockhopper Penguin 2 ex. Great Grebe 1 ex.

Black-faced Ibis 1 ex. Black-crowned Night Heron 1 ex. Black-browed Albatross 100’s Southern Giant Petrel several Magellanic Diving Petrel 1 ex. Imperial Cormorant 100’s Rock Shag several Chilean Skua several. Kelp Goose several Crested Duck several Steamer Duck 10’s Kelp Gull 100’s Dolphin Gull several South American Tern 100’s Chilean (Black) Dolphin 3 ex. 1/2; Puerto Williams; two hour morning walk on shore. Black-faced Ibis 4 + 2 ex. Bairds Sandpiper several White-rumped Sandpiper ca. 10 ex. Rufous-chested Dotterel 3 ex. Crested Caracara 2 ex. Chimango several Magelanic Oystercatcher several Spot-billed Ground-tyrant 3 ex. Other birds noted but no numbers taken down: Kelp Gull, Rock Shag, Black-chinnned Siskin, Austral Trush. 1/2; Beagle channel; Puerto Williams to Ushuaia. The usual birds like Black-browed Albatross, Imperial Cormorant, Rock Shag, Kelp Gul, South American Tern were noted, but due to the falling dark no numbers could be assessed.