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During 1977, 3,073 kilometres of coast were patrolled by 132 members of the Ornithological Society of New Zealand and their friends. 5,542 dead seabirds and 135 non-seabirds were found. There were no major wrecks. Small, sometimes local, wrecks of Broad-billed Prions (Pachyptila vittata), Sooty Shearwaters (Puffinus griseus), Short-tailed Shearwaters (P. tenuirostris) and Fluttering Shearwaters (P. gavia) are noted. Unusual finds were one each of: Antarctic Petrel (Thalassoica antarctica), Fulmar Prion (Pachyptila crassirostris), Black-bellied Storm Petrel (Fregetta tropica), Grey Ternlet (Procelsterna cerulea) and Pitt Island Shag (Stictocarbo punctatus featherstoni) (a new record for beach patrolling).