Observers: Antonio Sandoval Rey, Ricardo Hevia, Quique Carballal, Pablo Lado & others

On 16th winds changed to SW and passage started to improve, with huge flocks of Bar Tailed Godwit and a few skuas. The following day 382 Common Scoters and more godwits were counted in 8 hs, as well as 12 Pomarine Skuas, 1 juv. Long Tailed Skua, 3 Arctic Skua and 9 Bonxies. Also a few ”Commic” Terns, and several species of waders.

Aug. 18th blew from E again, but the wind was not strong. At sundown 20 Pomarines, 15 Bonxies, 1 Long Tailed and 8 Arctic Skuas had been counted. Also 3 Great Shearwaters. The passage of Cory’s was nice all through the day.
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Aug 19th started with heavy rains from the SW and quite a lot of waders on the move (Dunlins, Turnstones, Whimbrels, Black Tailed Godwits, Grey plovers…), but by mid morning the sun returned. By the end of the day, after 11,30 hs counting, we had watched 334 “Commic” Terns, 171 Sandwich Terns, 20 Arctic Skuas, 5 Pomarines and 13 Bonxies. The first Grey Phalarope of the season was observed at 20.00 h. Instead, Shearwater passage was poor.
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Observers: Antonio Sandoval Rey, Luca Bergamaschi, Alfonso Valderas, Antonio Plata, Óscar Llama, Mar Caruncho, Quique Carballal, David Calleja.

NE wind kept blowing through these days, and it was foggy during the afternoon and evening of 13th, 14th and 15th. So seabird passage was not the best. The main sightings were 3 Great Shearwaters on 10th and 3 Great Skuas on 13th, as well as the arrival of huge numbers of Willow Warblers on 13th, together with the first Common Redstart and Common Whitethroat of the season.

Observers: Antonio Sandoval Rey, Alfonso Valderas Farfante, Ricardo Hevia Barcón, Xurxo Pinheiro, Ramón Tenreiro, Luca Bergamaschi, Antonio Platas

Boring days at the headland due to the NE winds. On 5th still 2 Long-tailed Skuas, 6 Great Shearwaters and a few Manx Shearwaters in the evening, but on 6th nd 7th numbers were very low for all the species. The first young Pomarine Skua of the year was watched on 8th, as well as 2 Great Shearwaters and a few Common Scoters. On 9th the first Black Tern was watched during the morning count, and the first young Northern Gannet in the evening, as well as 1 Long Tailed Skua, 3 Little Terns, a few “Commic Terns” and 1 Sandwhich Tern. Manx Shearwater passage kept low but regular.

Our friend Xurxo Pinheiro visited us on 5th and 6th:

Observers: Ricardo Hevia Barcón, Alfonso Valderas Farfante, Daniel Monteagudo, Carla Soaje, Pablo Pita

On August 3th the wind changed to NW for 48 hours, but the passage was not as good as expected. Instead, it was very similar to that of the preceding days. On 4th 9 Pomarines and 5 Arctic Skuas were counted in the evening, as well as 36 Manx Shearwaters and only 11 Sandwhich Terns.

Things are not expected to change in the followng week, as the winds will start to blow from NE again. 

On 3th this Japanese vessel sailed off the headland. You don't watch many Japanese vessels in this side of the world!

Observers: Antonio Sandoval Rey, Alfonso Valderas Farfante, Ricardo Hevia Barcón, Antonio Martínez Pernas

Not much to watch al through these six days, as the wind kept blowing from NE. 

Only a few Great Shearwaters, the usual Cory's and Northern Gannets, and groups of waders (Dunlin, Knot, Turnstone...). Skua passage was only nice on 30th, with 10 Pomarines and 1 Long-tailed. On 31th there was a little movement of Manx Shearwaters. Not many Terns...

Observers: Antonio Sandoval (24th and 25th), Ricardo Hevia (24th) and Alfonso Valderas (24th)

Wind: NE both days

Not much to count in these two days. The evening of 24th there was a passage of 130 Cory's Shearwaters / hour and 12 Great Shearwaters / hour. The following day 5 Great Skuas were watched, one of them chasing Cory's Shearwaters over a pod of dozens of Common Dolphins. Cory's numbers were similar to those of the previous day, but only 2 Great  Shearwaters were watched.

Instead, there was a nice passage of sailing vessels, including this one from Australia, the Katherine:
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​We don't watch many australian vessels in Galicia...

Observers: Antonio Sandoval (21th, 22th, 23th), Javier Ramos Villena (22th, 23th), Alfonso Valderas (23​th)
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The evening of 21th (NW Wind) Cory's passage was close to 160-h, and 1 Pomarine, 1 Arctic and 2 Great Skuas were counted in 2 hours. Also a few Whimbrels, as well as 5 Balearic Shearwaters, and a few Northern Gannets.

22th (WN wind) was nice for Common Scoters in the morning: 151 in several groups in 3 hours. The afternoon and evening were nice instead for Great Shearwaters (18), and for the first groups of commic Tern (24) and Bar-tailed Godwit (40) of the season. A Scopoli's Shearwater was also watched, as well as 5 Pomarine, 3 Arctic and 3 Great Skuas, 1 Mediterranean Gull, Dunlins, Manx and Balearic Shearwaters, etc.

23th (NNE wind) started with a Fulmar during the sun-up, and the first Long-tailed Skua of the year one hour later. It was a nice day for Cory's (1,416 in 7 hours) and Great Shearwaters (34). The evening produced 4 Great Skuas, 1 Pomarine and 1 Arctic. Only 1 Sooty and 6 Manx Shearwaters were watched. 
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During the three days Common Dolphins were abundant in the area, several times feeding in company of Cory's and Gannets.

Observer: Antonio Sandoval Rey

Truly boring days, with strong E winds keeping seabirds far from the headland.

Only several gropus of Common Scoter in the mornings and a movement of 50 Balearic Shearwaters / hour eastwards in the morning of 17th before the fog appeared for the rest of the day. 

Observers: Antonio Martínez Pernas and Ricardo Hevia Barcón

Very nice seabird passage this afternoon and evening in 4 h: 2,300 Cory's, 55 Great Shearwaters, 11 Manx Shearwaters, 11 Pomarines and the first Little Tern of the season on the move.