Antonio Martínez Pernas and Pablo Gutiérrez spotting a Sooty Shearwater (A. Sandoval)
It was great in the evening to watch a close Great Shearwater, the first of the year. The wind was almost calm after a soft W all trough the day. The 5h15’ count produced a westwards passage of 441 Gannets, 5 Manx Shearwaters, 24 Balearics, 90 Cory’s, and 6 Sooty. Other birds seen were 5 Great Skuas (4 of them early in the morning), 7 Med Gull, 1 Sandwich Tern and 3 Oystercatchers. For part of the afternoon there was a feeding raft of 30 Balearics close to the headland.
After dinner we installed a couple of mistnets over the cliff and played British Storm-Petrel calls. Only two birds paid us a visit until at 04:00 we decided it was time to go to bed.
Observers: Pablo Gutiérrez, David Martínez Lago, Antonio Martínez Pernas, Pablo Pita, Manuel Pose, Antonio Sandoval
After dinner we installed a couple of mistnets over the cliff and played British Storm-Petrel calls. Only two birds paid us a visit until at 04:00 we decided it was time to go to bed.
Observers: Pablo Gutiérrez, David Martínez Lago, Antonio Martínez Pernas, Pablo Pita, Manuel Pose, Antonio Sandoval
Pablo Pita and Antonio Martínez Pernas installing the mist nets (A. Sandoval)
Manuel pose and Pablo Pita ringing the first of the two Strom-Petrels at 02:00 AM (A. Sandoval)
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