53 Balearics / hour eastwards, and 10 Sandwich Tern / hour, a flock of Common Scoters and a flock of Mallards in the same direction were the only news during a morning count with very few Cory´s and the wind stil blowing from NE.

Observers: Antonio Sandoval

The early morning count resulted in a nice eastwards Balearic Shearwater passage: 63 birds/h, the 22% of them juveniles. A couple of flocks of Sandwich Tern also moved towards the East, as did most of the Gannets. The wind kept blowing from NE. There were 4-5 Harbour Porpoises close to the headland.

Observers: Antonio Sandoval

First juvenile Balearics on the move! The other news of the evening was a flock of "commic" terns moving eastwards. The NE wind and foggy weather caused. Very boring seawatching day.

Observers: Antonio Sandoval

All through the day was a continuous passage of tiny groups of Manxies (8,2 / hour). Gannets (121,6 / hour) produced numbers similar to yesterday’s, but Cory’s were much more scarce (10 / hour). There were a few Balearics on the move, as well as 5 Great Skuas and just 1 Sooty.

The first flock of Common Scoters moving westwards of the season was seen at 17:00, just after the passage of two Kittiwakes and a Mediterranean Gull.

Observers: Antonio Sandoval

The 2h15´ evening count produced a passage of 124 Cory’s / hour  and 132,5 Gannets / hour. Also 5 Great Shearwaters, 10 Manx Shearwaters, 5 Sooties (one of them moulting inner primaries), 4 Great Skuas and the first Pomarine Skua of the year, a 2cy bird. The wind blowed from NNE.

Observers: Antonio Sandoval, Pablo Gutiérrez

It was great in the evening to watch a close Great Shearwater, the first of the year. The wind was almost calm after a soft W all trough the day. The 5h15’ count produced a westwards passage of 441 Gannets, 5 Manx Shearwaters, 24 Balearics, 90 Cory’s, and 6 Sooty. Other birds seen were 5 Great Skuas (4 of them early in the morning), 7 Med Gull, 1 Sandwich Tern and 3 Oystercatchers. For part of the afternoon there was a feeding raft of 30 Balearics close to the headland.

After dinner we installed a couple of mistnets over the cliff and played British Storm-Petrel calls. Only two birds paid us a visit until at 04:00 we decided it was time to go to bed.

Observers: Pablo Gutiérrez, David Martínez Lago, Antonio Martínez Pernas, Pablo Pita, Manuel Pose, Antonio Sandoval

You don’t often watch a Sooty flying east from Estaca. This seemed to be in a hurry, as the wind blew from the west during the early morning count. There were also a few Balearics and Cory’s. And a westwards passage of 210 Gannets / hour, 21% of them second calendar year birds, and only 2% adults. A pod of Common Dolphins was followed by some Yellow-legged Gulls.

Antonio Sandoval

Early in the morning there was a nice westwards passage of Gannets (170 birds/hour) under a very cloudy sky and against a W wind. Some of them stopped for a while to fish. Their calls could be heard from the Observatory. Two Sandwich Terns and 4 Common Scoters moved east. The Shearwater numbers were very low. A few Cory’s also fed close to the Observatory. Somewhere behind me, .....deers were barking for a while. The House Martin was still here.

At lunch time it started to rain. A flock of 18 Common Swifts flew southwards over the village of Vila de Bares. The evening was quite boring at the cape: too much rain and only a few birds. A Great Skua attacking Cory’s and a westwards Whimbrel were the only (and tiny) news worth writing here.