The wind changed to NE today, so the numbers went down quickly. The most interesting sightings in 3,15 hs were 9 Sabine´s Gulls, 1 Northern Fulmar, 28 Arctic Skuas and 5 Long Tailed Skuas.


Observers: Antonio Sandoval Rey, Antonio Martínez Pernas, Alfonso Valderas, Pablo Gutiérrez, Antonio Gutiérrez, Antonio Gutiérrez, Lalo Ventoso, Pep Manchado, Maties Rebassa, Susana Hermosillo.

Great numbers today in 9 hs. Examples:

7 Sabine´s Gulls, 5 Long Tailed Skuas, 148 Arctic Skuas, 19 Pomarine Skuas (first juvs. of the year), 77 Great Skuas, 
30 Great Shearwaters, 648 Cory’s Shearwaters, 1,968 Manx Shearwaters, 66 Sooty Shearwaters, 4 Balearic Shearwaters, 1,715 «Commic» Terns, 1,042 Sandwich Terns, 5 Black Terns, 10 Little terns, 347 Common Scoters, & several other species.

Observers: Antonio Sandoval Rey, Antonio Martínez Pernas, David Martínez Lago, Amaya Alzaga, Ricardo Hevia, Alfonso Valderas, Oliver Metcalf, Ricardo Hevia, Pablo Gutiérrez, Antonio Gutiérrez, Lalo Ventoso, Pep Manchado, Maties Rebassa, Susana Hermosillo.

Very nice numbers of “Commic” Terns today: 1,415 birds in 9,45 hs. Also 3,041 Manx Shearwaters, 71 Sooties, 156 Arctic Skuas, 60 Bonxies, 7 Long Tailed Skuas, 3 Sabine’s Gulls and 22 Little terns, as well as several other species.

Observers: Antonio Sandoval Rey, Amaya Alzaga, Ricardo Hevia, Alfonso Valderas, Oliver Metcalf.

Cool numbers today in 9,15 hs, with 2 Roseate Terns, 1,450 Manxies, 53 Arctic Skuas, 3 Grey Phalaropes or 295 Bar Tailed Godwits as the main sightings.

Observers: Antonio Sandoval Rey, Amaya Alzaga, Ricardo Hevia, Alfonso Valderas, Oliver Metcalf, Ricardo Hevia.

Very nice numbers today in 8 hs. Most of the Skuas were counted during 5 hs in the evening, and most of the BT Godwits during 3 hs in the morning:

54 Long Tailed Skuas
6 Sabine´s Gulls
46 Grey Phalaropes
526 Bar Tailed Godwits
85 Arctic Skuas
45 Pomarine Skuas
32 Great Skuas
54 Great Shearwaters
748 Cory’s Shearwaters
326 Manx Shearwaters
20 Sooty Shearwaters
12 Balearic Shearwaters
193 «Commic» Terns (many of them Arctic)
25 Sandwich Terns
16 Black Terns
13 Common Scoters
4 Whimbrels
1 Red Knots
3 Grey Plovers

Observers: Antonio Sandoval Rey, Amaya Alzaga, Ricardo Hevia, Alfonso Valderas, Oliver Metcalf.

The most interesting counts today in 5,45 hs were 255 Cory’s, 8 Arctic and 8 Great Skuas, 30 Black Terns and 2 Grrey Phalaropes. Most of the other species moved in numbers also too far from the best days in this time of the year.

The first Northern Weathear of the autumn was found close to sundown near the Lighthouse.

Observers: Antonio Sandoval Rey, Amaya Alzaga, Alfonso Valderas, Oliver Metcalf.

The wind changed to W today offering nice counts, including in 7,15 hs 2 Long Tailed Skuas, 26 Arctic, 30 Great and 3 Poms, 1 Juv. Kittiwake, 1 Grey Phalarope, 131 Sandwich, 5 Little, 2 Black and «Commic» Terns, 6 Sooties, 50 Manxies, 134 Cory’s, 4 Balearics, and several species of Waders including 160 Bar Tailed Godwits and 1 Curlew Sandpiper. There also were c. 50 Common Dolphins and 5 Bottlenose Dolphins in the morning.

Observers: Antonio Sandoval Rey, Ricardo Hevia, Alfonso Valderas, Óscar Llama, Antonio Martínez Pernas, Amaya Alzuaga, Oliver Metcalf.

Very poor passage during these days due to the NE winds. Some interesting numbers and species were:

AUG 19: 1 Long Tailed Skua, 12 Arctic and 1 Pomarine, 28 Manxies, 4 Sooties.
AUG 20: Nothing to mention... Grrr.
AUG 21: 1 young Whitethroat and 1 Collared Dove (only one previous sighting of this common species in the headland). 4 Arctic Skuas.
AUG 22: 1 Little Tern, 2 Black Terns, 4 Arctic Skuas, 3 Bonxies in 3,45 hs.
AUG 23: 59 Manxies, 20 Bonxies, 7 Arctic Skuas, 23 «Commics», 50 Bar Tailed Godwits in 4,45 hs. A young Great Spotted Cuckoo is seen in the headland, and 4 Reed Warblers and 2 Sedge Warblers are caught for ringing.

All these days there were groups of Common Dolphins fishing.

Observers: Antonio Sandoval Rey, Ricardo Hevia, Francisco Javier Palacios, Alfonso Valderas, Óscar Llama, Pablo Pita, Pablo Gutiérrez, Antonio Gutiérrez, Antonio Martínez Pernas, Amaya Alzuaga, Isabel García Rodejas.

it was quite a surprise to watch a juv. Long Tailed Skua during the morning count, as the day was  very poor in terms of seabird passage due to the NE winds. Only 10 Gannets and Cory's / hour, and very few of the other typical species. As all the previous days, several C. Dolphins.

Observer: Antonio Sandoval

During the morning a Lesser Kestrel in company of 3 other unidentified Kestrels (mos surely also Lesser; there is an influx in the mountains a few km south) was found at «La Garita de Bares», the hights close to the headland. Some hours later, the first Pied Flycatcher of the autumn was found in the sane place. Meanwhile, at sea the passage was quite boring, with only a few birds of the usual species in this time of the year. A male Peregrine tried to catch a Little Tern, but he found out it was not easy in a strong NE wind.

Observer: Antonio Martínez Pernas, Antonio Sandoval Rey