The 2,15 hs count since sunrise was quite productive for Bonxies: 71 birds were watched in groups of up to 10. Also 19 Arctic Skuas and 3 Poms. Regarding Shearwaters, only 40 Cory’s and 7 Balearics, but 495 Manxies and 336 Sooties. Tern numbers were also nice: 147 Sandwich and 15 «commic». Other birds were 56 Common Scoters, 12 Oystercatchers and c. 200 Gannets/h.

Observer: Antonio Sandoval

By the end of the day we had been counting for 7 hours. The last hour was a rainy one, but as Bonxies and Arctic Skuas kept flying west, we decided to stay behind our telescopes. The totals for today are: 1,160 Gannets, 963 Manxies, 43 Balearics, 67 Cory’s, 212 Sooties, 19 Common Scoters, 10 Poms, 50 Arctic Skuas, 103 Bonxies, 219 Sandwich Terns and 81 «commic» Terns. The wind blew from the West. It seems that at least from monday to thursday the winds will be quite good for seawatching... Let’s hope so!

Observers: Ricardo Ferreiro, Encarna González, Ricardo Hevia, Antonio Sandoval

Today’s 2 hs early morning count showed an increase of the Gannets passage (370 counted). Bonxie numbers were as high as yesterday evening (28 today) but only 3 Arctic Skuas and 1 Pom were watched. Also 150 Manxies, 16 Balearics, 23 Sooties, 53 Cory’s and a few Sandwich and «commic» Terns.

Observer: Antonio Sandoval

Today´s 2,30 hs late evening count was a fine one, with excellent light and several species on the move, including 1 LT Skua, 33 Boxies, 16 Arctic Skuas, 2 Poms, 80 «commic» Terns, 77 Sandwich, 1 Black Tern, 207 Gannets, 132 Manxies, 19 Balearic, 24 Cory’s and 33 Sooties. A high-flying Avocet, an uncommon bird in this corner of Iberia, was a nice surprise, as were 3 very close Grey Phalaropes. The wind, still from NE, was quite calm.

Observer: Antonio Sandoval

Only 456 Manxies in this afternoon's 2 hs count. A Fulmar and a Sabine Gull were instead nice sights. Other numbers were 5 Arctic Skuas, 2 Bonxies, 13 Sandwich Terns, 26 "Commic" Terns, 7 Black Terns, 16 Sooties and 5 Cory's.

Observer: Ricardo Hevia

Today’s evening passage was once more quite good for Manxies, with 1,420 birds/h. The three hours count also included 390 Sooties, but only 30 Cory’s and 12 Balearics. Tern numbers were not bad: 137 Sandwich, 226 “commic”, 3 Little and 6 Black. Regarding Skuas, there were 19 Arctic, 1 Pom and 7 Bonxies. The wind blew from NE, as will tomorrow and the next days.

Observer: Antonio Martinez Pernas

With the NW wind blowing today from the afternoon onwards, the evening count of 2,30 hs offered a nice show with the Manxies (3,365 = 1,300 birds/h) as the main characters. Other species watched were Sooty Shearwater (204), Balearic (12), Cory’s (87), Arctic skua (12), Bonxie (14), Sandwich Tern (12), “commic” Tern (14), Little Tern (2) and Bar-tailed Godwit (25).

Observer: Ricardo Hevia

Today the rate of passage of most species was not as high as in the past two days, but it still was nice to watch 402 Manxies/h, or 78 Sooties/h. We also counted 58 Arctic Skuas in 8 hours, as well as 80 Bonxies, 2 Poms, 3 Great Shearwaters, 54 Common Scoters, 206 Sandwich, 147 «Commics»...

Since Sep. 6 we have counted 12,267 Manxies in 17,30 hs. As this species also migrates at night, you can figure out how many of them have passed close to the headland in the last 48 hs.

Observers: Ricardo Hevia, Jose Portillo, Antonio Sandoval

Manxies continued their huge move today, with a mean passage of 557 birds/h all through the day, and maximums of up to 1,000 birds/h. The mean passage of Sooties was of 266 birds/h, and Cory´s was 182 birds/h, so you can imagine how filled with Shearwaters the sea was. There were also quite a lot of Arctic Skuas (120 in 7 hs), as well as Bonxies (73), but not as many Poms (only 13) and only 1 Long-tailed. We also watched 14 Great Shearwaters, 219 Sandwich Terns, 216 «commics», 6 Little Terns and a few other species, while Northern Gannet numbers started to increase for the first time since August to a mean passage of 179/h.

Observers: Ricardo Hevia, Antonio Gutierrez, Pablo Gutierrez, David Martinez Lago, Antonio Martinez Pernas, Olga Mijon, Antonio Sandoval

Manx Shearwaters have started to leave the Gulf of Biscay in huge numbers. Today the North wind forced them to pass very close to the headland, offering very nice views of their groups. We counted 6,353 in 5,30 hs. Together with them, 688 Cory´s, 720 Sooties and 26 Balearics. Regarding Skuas: 27 Arctic, 39 Poms and 43 Bonxies. We also counted 357 Sandwich but only 26 «commic» Terns.

Observers: Ricardo Hevia, Antonio Martinez Pernas, Antonio Sandoval