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July 1st,2nd: Wilson's S-Petrel, Roseate Tern, etc

7/2/2017

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Great Skua (Photo: Antonio Sandoval Rey)
 Very nice start of the 2017 counts at Estaca de Bares, with huge numbers of several species for this time of the year.

Following the appearance of 2 Roseate Terns in the area the previous day (by Antonio Martínez Pernas and Ricardo Hevia), and another from the headland on june 30th (Ricardo Hevia), another one was watched on july 1st evening.

That same day up to 8 Great Skuas and 22 Great Shearwaters were counted, as well as at least 2 Wilson's Storm Petrels together with 30-40 European Storm Petrels in a "feeding frenzy" group which included Gannets, Cory's Shearwaters, Manx Shearwaters, Sooty Shearwaters, Great Shearwaters, Yellow-Legged Gulls and Lesser Black-backed Gulls. All of them joining a pod of Common Dolphins. Not far from them there was also a pod of Harbour Porpoises. Two groups of Common Scoters were also seen. And in the last hour an ad. Pomarine Skua was watched.

On july 2nd the first juvenile Balearic Shearwater moved eastwards in the morning, with calm weather. There still were a few Storm Petrels at sea, one of them a Wilson's. Three European Storm Petrels were ringed at night (Pablo Pita, Antonio Gutiérrez). All through the day, groups of Mediterranean Gulls kept moving westwards.

During the afternoon, with NE winds, a group of 8 Common Shelducks was watched flying eastwards.

OBSERVERS at the headland: Antonio Sandoval Rey (both days), Ricardo Hevia (july 1st).
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Common Scoters (Photo: Antonio Sandoval Rey)
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Sooty Shearwater (Photo: Antonio Sandoval Rey)
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Mediterranean Gulls (Photo: Antonio Sandoval Rey)
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    The main birders at Estaca de Bares cape, in alphabetical order:

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