Observer: Alfonso Valderas
Not many birds today with an almost quiet north wind, but still 2 LT Skuas, 1 Fulmar, 2 Poms, 5 Arctic Skuas and 14 Great Skuas in 3 hours. Shearwater and Tern numbers were low.
Observer: Alfonso Valderas
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Today's 7 hours count throgh the day provided some nice observations: 4 Sabine's, 11 Grey Phalaropes, 1 Fulmar, 3 Great Shearwaters, 420 "commic" terns, 200 Sandwich Terns, 6 Black terns, 34 Great Skuas, 15 Arctic Skuas and 3 Poms, The wind: N,
Observers: Alfonso Valderas, Antonio Martínez Pernas, Dani López Velasco, Ricardo Hevia, Jose Portillo, Nacho Castelao, Pedro J. Menendez, David Calleja. The NW wind brought today the best tern passage of the year up to now, with 1,372 "commic" terns in 6 hours during the afternoon and evening count. At the same time, several groups of waders moved west, including 502 Bar-tailed Godwits. We also counted 424 Common Scoters.
Observers: Alfonso Valderas, Antonio Martínez Pernas, Dani López Velasco, Ricardo Hevia, Jose Portillo, Nacho Castelao, Pedro J. Menendez. Great Common Scoter passage today, with 425 birds. Also 20 Sooties (nice number for midsummer too), 2 Arctic and 72 Manxies.
Observers: Ricardo Hevia, Antonio Martínez Pernas, Cosme Damián Romay, Alfonso Valderas Manx Shearwaters numbers seem to be increasing. Today 57 birds in 4 hs. Also 2 LT Skuas, 9 Poms, 1 Arctic Skua, 2 Bonxies, 3 Great Shearwaters...
Observers: Ricardo Hevia, Antonio Martínez Pernas, Alfonso Valderas. Although the early morning was very quite, the evening provided another nice skua passage, with 7 LT Skuas, 22 Pomarines, 8 Arctics and 7 Bonxies. Other species counted in 6,5 hours included 1 fulmar, 8 Great Shearwaters,163 Common Scoters and 155 Whimbrels. The wind: mostly W.
Observers: David Calleja, Ricardo Hevia, Antonio Martínez Pernas, Antonio Sandoval, Alfonso Valderas. Great passage today, with 46 Long-tailed Skuas, 106 Pomarines, 1 Sabine's Gull, 3 Fulmars. The 7-hours count also included 1,660 Cory's, 14 Great Shearwaters, 62 Manx Shearwaters, 1 Scopoli's Shearwater, 38 Balearics, 11 Arctic Skuas, 15 Bonxies, and several other species. The wind: WSW.
Observers: Ricardo Hevia, Antonio Gutiérrez, Pablo Gutiérrez, Pablo Lado, David Martínez Lago, Antonio Martínez Pernas, Antonio Sandoval, Alfonso Valderas. SW Winds produced an evening count (5 hs) of 167 “commic” Terns, 19 Sandwich, 25 Poms, 14 Bonxies, 5 Arctic Skuas, several groups of Whimbrel and Bar-Tailed Godwit, 274 Common Scoter, 36 Manx Shearwaters… And several other species, including the first Black Terns of the season.
Observers: David Martínez Lago, Pablo Gutiérrez, Alfonso Valderas, Antonio Sandoval, Antonio Martínez Pernas and Ricardo Hevia 3 LT Skuas counted today in 5 hs. Also 2 Fulmars, 16 Bonxies, 20 Poms, 5 Great Shearwaters. Tern numbers are still low: 30 Sandwich and 23 “Commic”.
Observers: Antonio Martínez Pernas, Alfonso Valderas and Ricardo Hevia |
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