A Great Crested Tern was seen as was a distant shearwater which we set off after in hot pursuit but never relocated.
Also on the pelagic 20 Manx shearwater were seen well south of the islands flying strongly southwest, migrating?
Also on the pelagic 20 Manx Shearwater were seen well south of the islands flying strongly southwest, migrating?
Dad is currently toying with the idea of setting up a vast caravan site at Shearwater - which sounds horrible to me ears.
Four species of Puffinus are recorded as visiting the coasts of the United Kingdom; but the Manx shearwater is the only one that at all commonly breeds in the British Islands.
Gough is also a major breeding site of the great shearwater Puffinus gravis with up to three million pairs breeding on the island.
In calm, sunny conditions the sea was very quiet with nothing better than a single Manx shearwater passing through off the Bill.
In calm, sunny conditions the sea was very quiet with nothing better than a single Manx Shearwater passing through off the Bill.
In Oban we stayed at Shearwater Inn which was nicely placed approximately equidistant between Golden Bay and Halfmoon Bay.
More Bulwer 's petrels, brown boobies and one streaked shearwater.
More Bulwer's petrels, brown boobies and one streaked shearwater.
One Cory 's Shearwater also passed quite close and Will found a female Common Scoter on the waves offshore.
One Cory's Shearwater also passed quite close and Will found a female Common scoter on the waves offshore.
Other birds peculiar to the south are two species of quails, the Andalusian hemipode (Turnix sylvatica), confined to the plains of Andalusia, the southern shearwater (Puffinus cinereus), and other water-birds.
Sea-watching produced a few large auks, a Sooty Shearwater, a blue phase Fulmar and a few Kittiwakes.
Seabirds were surprisingly scarce, a few Manx Shearwater near Penzance being the highlight.
The third breeding seabird species is Newell's Shearwater.
There are numerous Atlantic Gray Seal on this coast and we may see passing Manx shearwater.
There are numerous Atlantic Gray Seal on this coast and we may see passing Manx Shearwater.
There is an immense variety of water-fowl, including the phalarope, fulmar petrel, kittiwake, Manx shearwater, black guillemot, whimbrel, puffin and white-tailed eagle.
They are rich in sea-fowl, the most common being the eider duck, puffin, Manx shearwater, black guillemot, kittiwake and herring gull.
This subspecies known as Scopoli 's Shearwater, may well be split in the future.