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In 1986, 4,594 kilometres of coast were patrolled and 14,462 dead seabirds were found. Three new species for the Beach Patrol Scheme were the White-naped Petrel (Pterodroma cervicalis), the White-capped Noddy (Anous minutus) and the White Tern (Gygis alba). Four species found in greater numbers in 1986 than previously were the Yellow-nosed Mollymawk (Diomedea chlororhynchus), Narrow-billed Prion (Pachyptila belcheri), Short-tailed Shearwater (Puffinus tenuirostris) and Stewart Island Shag (Leucocarbo carunculatus chalconotus). A summary is given of the coastal and monthly distributions for each species of Pachyptila found between 1960 and 1986. The Fairy Prion (P. turtur), a New Zealand resident, was found most frequently mainly in February and between July and November. By comparison, the other five species, all migrants to New Zealand, were picked up mainly during July-August.