Sep 17: great passage of Manxies and Sooties

Thed Lapland Bunting (Miquel Casas)

Today a Lapland bunting was found close to the bird observatory. It¨s a very scarce species here.

At sea, during the first hours of the day there was a huge passage of Manxies and Sooties. In the afternoon and evening numbers were not as high, but anywhere quite good. Day totals in 7,5 hs are:

Manxies: 9,523 (5 hs count)
Sootie: 3,145 (5 hs count)
Balearic: 27 (5 hs count)
Cory's: 38 (5 hs count)
Sandwich Tern: 230
"Commic" Tern: 132
Black Tern: 7
Common Scoter: 16
Whimbrel: 10
Grey Phalarope: 1
Bonxie: 174
Arctic Skua: 89
Pomarine: 13
Arctic/Pom: 2
Long Tailed Skua: 3

Observers: Ricardo Hevia, David Martínez Lago, Antonio Martínez Pernas, Mike Buckland & Friends, Daniel Nañas, Miquel Casas and Ferrán Vaquero.

Ricardo Hevia and Antonio Martinez Pernas counting Shearwaters (Davis Martinez Lago)