Albatross

Albatross

Photo by Vandy Pollard

Albatross or Toroa - Salvin’s mollymawk. Albatross are the worlds largest sea birds and spend 85% of their lives at sea returning to land to breed and raise young. 14 varieties breed in the New Zealand region and the Salvin’s Albortross is a medium sized Mollymawk endemic to New Zealand.

Vandy Pollard - Excio Gallery
I’m a photographer living on the South Coast of Wellington New Zealand. with a passion for New Zealand birds, many of them with a conservation status of at risk.