In 1981, 3,654 kilometres of coast were patrolled by 182 members of the Ornithological Society of New Zealand and their friends, and 5,627 dead seabirds were found. New records for the Beach Patrol Scheme were a Kermadec Petrel (Pterodroma neglecta) and a Long-tailed Skua (Stercorarius longicaudus). Unusual finds were Yellow-nosed Mollymawk (Diomedea chlororhynchus), Wedge-tailed Shearwater (Puffinus pacificus), Wilson’s Storm Petrel (Oceanites oceanicus), Black-bellied Storm Petrel (Fregetta tropica) and Black-fronted Tern (Sterna albostriata). A major wreck of Kerguelen Petrels (Pterodroma brevirostris) and Blue Petrels (Halobaena caerulea) occurred in spring along the western coast of the North Island.