Observers: Antonio Sandoval Rey, Ricardo Hevia, Pablo Gutiérrez, Víctor Rivera
NE wind all trhough the day. During the 5-hs count, the first Black Tern, 381 Cory’s, 8 Manxies, 2 Balearics, 7 Great Shearwaters, 23 Common Scoters, 7 Bonxies, 1 Arctic Skua, 11 Sandwich Tern, 40 «commics», 2 Oystercatchers, 1 Whimbrel, 7 MedGulls and 76 Gannets. Also c. 60 Common Dolphins.
Observers: Antonio Sandoval Rey, Ricardo Hevia, Pablo Gutiérrez, Víctor Rivera
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Again almost no wind in the mornig and a soft NE during the evening. During the 6,5-hs count, 1 Little Gull, 1 Avocet, 1,386 Cory’s, 10 Manxies, 6 Balearics, 16 Great Shearwaters, 61 Common Scoters, 4 Bonxies, 48 Sandwich Tern, 62 «commics», 4 Little Terns, 2 Oystercatchers, 3 Whimbrels, 2 MedGulls, 98 Gannets and 1 Storm-Petrel. Also c. 60 Common Dolphins.
Observer: Antonio Sandoval Rey and Ricardo Hevia Almost no wind in the mornig and NE during the evening. During the 5-hs count c. 80 Cory’s/h, 2 Manxies, 8 Balearics, 2 Great Shearwaters, 118 Common Scoters, 162 Gannets, 5 Bonxies, 1 Sandwich Tern, 3 Whimbrels, 2 MedGulls and 1 Storm-Petrel. Also the Harboir Porpoises and a few Bottlenose Dolphins.
Observer: Antonio Sandoval Rey Today's evening count produced the first groups of terns: 13,5 "Commics"/h and just 21 Sandwhich. Other birds watched were Gannets (250/h), Cory's (50/h), 2 Manxies, 2 Balearics, 1 Arctic Skua and 2 Common Scoters. Also 8 Common Dolphins. Wind: W. Observers: Antonio Martínez Pernas, Ricardo Hevia. The local Harbour Porpoises were easy to watch today, as the sea was quite calm. Not many birds on the move during the morning and afternoon counts. Only Gannets, Cory's and a few Balearics. Wind: W. Observer: Antonio Sandoval Rey A few Balearics flying eastwards today during the morning and evening counts. Also a few Medgulls and Sandwhich Terns westwards, as well as a single Arctic Skua, 1 Whimbrel and 4 Common Scoters. Wind: NE. Observer: Antonio Sandoval Rey Only a few birds on the move during the late evening count: c. 50 Gannets/h and a handful of Cory's. Observer: Antonio Sandoval Wind: NW. The wind was fine, but there were no birds on the move. A Scopoli's Shearwater flying close to the headland in the afternoon was the most interesting sight. During the 3 hours count during the morning and afternoon 6 Bonxies were seen, all of them harasing the huge groups of Yellow-Legged Gulls feeding at sea.
Observers: Antonio Sandoval Rey, Antonio Martínez Pernas Wind: SW. Very few Balearics again, but one of them was a juvenil, the first one to be watched this year. There was also a passage of c. 130 Gannets/h and c. 10 Cory´s/h, as well as 14 Mediterranean Gulls during the 3,15 hs count during the morning and evening. Seven Bottlenose Dolphins were jumping over the waves.
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Agosto 2021
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