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Nov 13: quite a lot of Med Gulls

11/14/2013

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Today's evening 2 hours count:

520 Med gulls
28 Black-headed Gulls
130 Kittiwakes
4 Bonxies
3 Poms
12 Sooties
3 Balearics
1 Grey Phalarope
116 Razorbills
4 Puffins
320 Common Scoters

Observers: David Calleja, Antonio Martínez Pernas, Ricardo Hevia

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Nov 12: Increasing numbers of Med Gulls

11/13/2013

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Today's evening 1 hour count:

78 Med Gulls
262 Kittiwakes
2 Bonxies
900 Gannets/h
2 Puffins
2 Razorbills
8 Sooties
6 Balearics
30 Common Scoter
16 Wigeons
1 Pintail

Obsrver: Antonio Martínez Pernas
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Nov 11: 1 Pterodroma Petrel

11/13/2013

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This evening a Fea's type Petrel was watched flying west while no wind at all was blowing over the waves. These are the totals for the 2 hs count: 

1,600 Gannets/h
36 Bonxies
280 Kittiwakes
61 Med Gulls
116 Common Scoters
45 Balearics
6 Sooties
13 Razorbills
1 Puffin
5 Poms
1 Teal

Observers: Antonio Martínez Pernas and "Bimbo"
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"Bimbo" Twitching his first Pterodroma Petrel. (Antonio Martínez Pernas)
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Nov 10: 10th best ever passage of Bonxies...

11/11/2013

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... And Kittiwakes! During today's 6,30 hours count all through the day we counted:

3,276 Kittiwakes 
251 Great Skuas 
15 Grey Phalaropes
10 Little Gulls
42 Mediterranean Gulls
11 Great Shearwaters
21 Manxies
35 Balearics
1 Cory's
671 Sooties
104 Common Scoters
6 Arctic Skuas
37 Poms
54 Razorbills
4 puffins
1 Storm Petrel
1 Whimbrel
1 Great Cormorant
3 Wigeons

The wind kept blowing from the West, with no rain at all.

Observers: Atocha Ramos, Cosme Damián Romay, 
Antonio Sandoval Rey.

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Atocha and Damian counting Sooties and Kittiwakes (Photo: Antonio Sandoval)
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Nov 9: Kittiwakes increasing & 3 GShearwaters

11/11/2013

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Today's 2,5 hs afternoon and evening count showed an increase of the numer of Kittiwakes on passage thanks to the W wind: 236 / hour. Other birds watched were 3 Great Shearwaters, 5 Manxies, 29 Balearics, 68 Sooties, 6 Poms, 22 Bonxies, 9 Razorbills and 1 Guillemot.

Observer: Antonio Sandoval Rey
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Nov 3: Little Auk!

11/8/2013

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The sight of a Little Auk flying westwards was a very nice one today. Instead, most numbers were again quite low, due to the return of the SW winds. The most interesting during the 4,15 hs count were 4,307 Gannets, 8 Grey Phalaropes, 27 Manxies, 52 Balearics, 107 Sooties17 Bonxies, 4 Puffins, 1 Guillemot and 13 razorbills.

Observers: Alfonso Valderas, Antonio Sandoval, Antonio Martínez Pernas
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Nov 2: 18,709 Gannets, 216 Bonxies and 78 Poms

11/8/2013

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The wind started to blow fron the West and bird numbers built up quickly. These are the results of the 7 hs count:

216 Great Skuas
5 Arctic Skua
78 Pomarines
3 Grey Phalaropes
4 Razorbills
54 Med gulls
4 Kittiwakes
2 Little Gulls
91 Balearics
6 Cory’s
106 Sooties
1 “Commic” Terns
18,709 Gannets/hour (8,050 in the first 2 hs of the day)
14 Common Scoters
16 Manx Shearwaters


Observers: Alfonso Valderas, Amaia Alzaga, Pablo Pita, Antonio Sandoval, Antonio Martínez Pernas


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Nov 1: very poor passage

11/8/2013

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It was trully boring today. Close to 1,000 Gannets/h, but only 20 individuals of 6 other species in 2,45 hs!

Observers: Alfonso Valderas, Amaia Alzaga, Pablo Pita, Antonio Sandoval, Antonio Martínez Pernas

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Oct 31: SW winds = very few birds…

11/8/2013

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Today’s 5,45 hs count results were quite poor, due to the perseverance of SW winds. Some of the numbers are 109 Balearics, 32 Bonxies, 10 Sandwich Terns or 4,047 Gannets,.

Observers: Alfonso Valderas, Amaia Alzaga, Pablo Pita, Antonio Sandoval

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    - Ricardo Hevia Barcón
    - Pablo Gutiérrez Varga
    - Daniel López Velasco
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