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<![CDATA[Seawatching Estaca - News from Estaca!]]>Tue, 12 Sep 2023 08:28:32 -0700Weebly<![CDATA[2021: 1 a 5 de agosto / Aug 1st-5th]]>Fri, 06 Aug 2021 11:46:30 GMThttp://www.seawatchingestaca.com/news-from-estaca/2021-1-a-5-de-agosto-aug-1st-5th-El día 4 se censaron 759 charranes comunes/árticos ("comic"), 385 agujas colipintas, 7 págalos raberos, 5 pomarinos, 5 parásitos y 16 grandes, 30 fumareles comunes, 1 gaviota de Sabine, 3 falaropos picogruesos, 1 paíño común... Etc.
-El día 5 fueron 250 charranes "comic", 456 negrones comunes, 1 págalo pomarino, 1 parásito y 1 grande, 4 falaropos, 4 charrancitos, etc.
-Los días anteriores fueron más tranquilos. Aún así se anotaron pardela capirotada, págalo rabero, buenos grupos de zarapito trinador...

-4th: 759 common / arctic terns ("commic"), 385 Bar-Tailed Godwits, 7 Long Tailed, 5 Pomarine, 5 Arctic and 16 Great Skuas were registered, as well as 30 common smokers, 1 Sabine's gull, 3 thick-billed phalaropes, 1 common petrel.. Etc.
-5th: we counted 250 "commic" terns, 456 Common Scoters, 1 Pomarine, 1 Arctic Sk, 4 phalaropes, 4 little terns, etc.
-The previous days were calmer. Even so, Great Shearwater, and nice groups of Whimbrel were recorded ...

Observers: Antonio Sandoval, Pablo Lado, Ricardo hevia and others.

Negrones comunes / Common Scoters - A. Sandoval

Charranes comunes/árticos / Common/Arctic terns - A. Sandoval

]]><![CDATA[2021: 21 a 31 de julio / July 21th-31th]]>Wed, 04 Aug 2021 07:49:43 GMThttp://www.seawatchingestaca.com/news-from-estaca/2021-21-a-31-de-julio-july-21th-31thPoco a poco se incrementa el paso de varias especies. Por ejemplo, de zarapito trinador, charranes patinegros y "comic", charrancito o negrón común, con cada vez más bandadas. También de págalo pomarino, con un máximo de 11 el día 27. El día 25 se vieron los primeros fumareles comunes. Ese día se contaron 21 págalos grandes. El 31 se censaron 6 págalos raberos y se vio el primer falaropo picogrueso, coincidiendo con grupos de correlimos gordos y correlimos común. Estos días se han detectado además varias pardelas capirotadas y sombrías.

Little by little the passage of various species increases. For example, of Whimbrel, Sandwich tern,"commic" Terns, Little Tern or Scoter, with more and more flocks. Also of Pomarine Skuas, with a maximum of 11 on the 27th. On the 25th the first Black Terns of the season were seen. That same day 21 Great Skuas were counted. On the 31th, 6 Long Tailed Skuas were onnthe move, and the first Grey Phalarope was seen, coinciding with groups of Knot and Dunlin. A few Great and Sooty Shearwaters have also been seen.

Observadores: Antonio Sandoval, Ricardo Hevia, Pablo Lado y otros.

El primer juv. de alcatraz de la temporada: 30 de julio / The 1st young Gannet of the season: July 30th - Photo by A. Sandoval

Un alcatraz muy pálido / An odd - looking Gannet - A. Sandoval

Zarapitos trinadores / Whimbrels - A. Sandoval

]]><![CDATA[2021: 1 a 20 de julio / July 1st - 20th]]>Thu, 22 Jul 2021 05:19:27 GMThttp://www.seawatchingestaca.com/news-from-estaca/2021-1-a-20-de-julio-july-1st-20thLos dos primeros págalos pomarinos de la temporada se vieron el día 5. El primer págalo rabero, el día 10. El día 13 se vieron tres más. Las primeras gaviotas de Sabine (3 ejemplares), el día 7. Los primeros zarapitos trinadores se vieron el día 6. Los días 5, 6 y 7 hubo un paso fuerte de pardelas cenicientas hacia el oeste, con más de 13.000 ejemplares censados. Los días 16, 18 y 19 se contaron en total más de 600 pardelas baleares hacia el este. El día 18 aparecieron los primeros atunes rojos de la temporada. El día 6 pasó hacia el oeste 1 piquero pardo (Sula leucogaster).

The first two Pomarine Skuas of the season were seen on the 5th. The first Long Tailed Skua,on the 10th. On the 13th, three more LTSk were seen. First Sabine's gulls (3 birds), passed by on 7th. The first Whimbrels were seen on 6th. On 5th, 6th and 7th there was a strong westwards passage of Cory's shearwaters, with more than 13,000 birds counted. On the 16th, 18th and 19th, a total of more than 600 Balearic Shearwaters eastwards were counted. The first Tuna Fish of the summer appeared on 18th. On 6th a Brown Booby headed westwards.

Observadores: Antonio Sandoval (todos los días) y Pablo Lado (7 de julio)

Pardelas baleares el día 17 / Balearic Shearwaters on 17th - Photo by Antonio Sandoval

Espátulas el día 17 / Spoonbills on 17th - Photo by Antonio Sandoval

Atunes el día 18 / Tuna Fish on the 18th - Photo by Antonio Sandoval

]]><![CDATA[Aug 15th-19th: Pelagic Trips, LT Skuas, Phalaropes]]>Wed, 21 Aug 2019 04:53:57 GMThttp://www.seawatchingestaca.com/news-from-estaca/aug-15th-19thAUG 15th and 6th: very nice pelagic trips in the morning of these two days 12 miles off the headland of Estaca de Bares, watching Sabine's Gulls, Wilson's Petrel, the 4 Skuas, Fulmar, all the common Shearwaters except Great, Common and Arctic tern, British Storm Petrel, common Dolphins, Pilot Whales, what might be a Sei's Whale and much more. In the afternoon of 15th, 15 Arctic Skuas on passage and a huge Fin Whale.

Sabine's Gull (Antonio Sandoval)

Photographing Piot Whales (Antonio Sandoval)

This Great Skua with a ring approached the boat: it was ringed in the Inner Hebrides, Scotland,as Antonio Gutiérrez found out (Antonio Sandoval)

Sei Whale? (Antonio Sandoval)

AUG 17th: 3 Grey Phalaropes, 105 Bar Tailed Godwits.

AUG 18th: 125 Long Tailed Skuas, 279 grey phalaropes, 57 pomarine skuas, 75 arctic skuas, 86 great skuas, 49 great shearwaters, 1.145 manx shearwaters, 1 Sabine's Gulls.

AUG 19th: 39 Arctic Skuas, 83 Sooty Shearwaters, 11 Great Shearwaters, 3 Long Tailed Skuas.

Observers from the headland: Antonio Sandoval, Ricardo Hevia, Alfonso Valderas, Antonio Martínez Pernas, Antonio Guiérrez, Pablo Gutiérrez, Pablo Lado, Isabel García-Rodeja, Alain & Veronique Verneau, Giovanni Marsicano, Astrid, Roy and Bibiana.

]]><![CDATA[Aug 8th-14th: Sabine's, Fea's Petrel, Pomarines...]]>Wed, 21 Aug 2019 04:41:36 GMThttp://www.seawatchingestaca.com/news-from-estaca/aug-8th-14th-sabines-feas-petrel-pomarines

AUG 8th: 1 Fulmar, several groups of waders (most of them Ringed Plovers), 1 Short-eared owl.

AUG 9th: 29 Sabine's Gulls, 188 "Commic" Terns and 1 Great Shearwater during a strong SW gale.

AUG 10th: 62 Pomarine Skuas, 3 Long Tailed Skuas, 202 Manx Shearwaters.

AUG 11th: 1 Fea's / Zino's Petrel, 1 Long Tailed Skua.

AUG 12th: 685 Cory's Shearwaters, 40 Arctic Skuas, 1 Long Tailed Skua.

AUG 13th: 441 Cory's Shearwaters.

AUG 14th: Too much rain!!

Observers: Antonio Sandoval, Oscar Llama, Ricaro hevia, Alfonso Valderas, Enrique Sampedro, William Haworth, Daniel López Velasco,, Borja Heredia, Gonzalo Lage, Pablo Pita, Isabel García-Rodeja.

]]><![CDATA[Aug 1st-7th: 2 Risso's dolphins and more]]>Wed, 21 Aug 2019 04:38:07 GMThttp://www.seawatchingestaca.com/news-from-estaca/aug-1st-7th-2-rissos-dolphins-and-more

Not much passage during these days. The most interesting sightings where several groups of Scoters all mornings (up to 173 birds on Aug 3), Long Tailed Skuas on Aug 3, 4 and 5. Also the first Black Tern of the season on Aug 5, as well as the first young Northern Gannet on the same day. There was a nice number of Pomarines on Aug 5 (13 birds).

2 Risso's dolphins where seen on Aug 3 close to the observatory:

]]><![CDATA[Jul. 25th-28th: Gr. Shearwater, Poms, LT Skuas...]]>Thu, 01 Aug 2019 05:05:29 GMThttp://www.seawatchingestaca.com/news-from-estaca/jul-25th-28th-gr-shearwater-poms-lt-skuas

The first Great Shearwater of the season was observed on 25th, when 13 Great Skuas and 2 Pomarine Skuas were also counted.

On 26th there was a huge passage of Bar-tailed Godwits: 441 birds in several groups. Also 18 Pomarine Skuas, 1 Arctic and the first 2 Long tailed Skuas.

On 27th a Fulmar and 7 Pomarines and 1 Little Tern whrere observed, as well as another Great Shearwater.

On 28th there was a constant passage of Common Scoters.

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El día 25 se registró la primera pardela capirotada de la temporada, en un día en que se apuntaron además 13 págalos grandes y 2 pomarinos.

El día 26 hubo un paso muy intenso de agujas colipintas: 441 ejemplares en varias bandadas. También 18 págalos pomarinos, 1 parásito y los primeros 2 raberos.

El 27 se vio un fulmar. También 7 pomarinos, 1 charrancito y una pardela capirotada más.

El 28 se mantuvo un paso inceante de grupos de negrón común.

OBS: Antonio Sandoval Rey, Ricardo Hevia Barcón, Pablo Pita Criado.

]]><![CDATA[July 19th-20th: only Cory's... and 1st Sabine's]]>Thu, 01 Aug 2019 04:58:43 GMThttp://www.seawatchingestaca.com/news-from-estaca/july-19th-20th-only-corys-and-1st-sabines

Just a soft passage of Cory's Shearwaters these days, as well as the first tiny groups of Whimbrels, and 6 Great Skuas on 20th. The first Sabine's Gull of the season was also observed on 20th.

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De estos días solo cabe destacar un paso suave de pardela cenicienta, así como el registro de los primeros grupos de zarapito trinador, y de 6 págalos grandes el día 20, cuando también se observó la primera gaviota de Sabine del año.

Obs: Antonio Sandoval Rey

]]><![CDATA[July 12th-15th: nice Balearic Shearwater passage]]>Thu, 01 Aug 2019 04:37:03 GMThttp://www.seawatchingestaca.com/news-from-estaca/july-12th-15th-nice-balearic-shearwater-passage

Quite a lot of Balearic Shearwaters eastwards these days, as well as a westwards passage of up to more than 250 Cory's / h on 12th. This same day a huge Basking Shark was observed.

A few groups of Common Scoters also on the move every day, as well as several Mediterranean Gulls. Only 2 Pomarine Skuas.

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Estos días hubo mucho movimiento al este de pardelas baeares, así como al oeste de pardelas cenicientas, con un máximo de estas últimas el día 12 de más de 250 / hora. El mismo día 12 se observó un gran tiburón peregrino.

Otros registros de interés fueron el paso diario de varios grupos de negrón común y de unas cuantas gaviotas cabecinegras. Sólo se observaron dos págalos pomarinos.

Obs: Antonio Sandoval Rey

]]><![CDATA[July 6th-8th: start of 2019 Seawatching year]]>Tue, 09 Jul 2019 15:48:56 GMThttp://www.seawatchingestaca.com/news-from-estaca/july-6th-8th-start-of-2019-seawatching-year

Sun up at Estaca de Bares

The 2019 Seawatching season started on July 6th evening with only a few birds on the move, including Common Scoters, Balearic, Manx and Cory's Shearwaters, 1 Pomarine Skua, 1 Arctic Skua, 1 Great Skua and 4 Sandwich Terns. At night, 1 British Storm Petrel was trapped for ringing.

The following day was much better, with c. 200 Northern Gannets/h, more than one hunndred Balearics, 2 Sooty Shearwaters, 8 Great Skuas, a group of 20 Black-tailed Godwits, several Mediterranean Gulls (1 juvenile) and quite a lot of Common Dolphins.

July 8th was not as good, due to the NE winds... The best sighting was the first juvenile of Balearic Shearwater of the year in Galicia. Also 9 Great Skuas.

Observers: Antonio Sandoval Rey, Pablo Pita Criado

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La temporada 2019 de seguimiento del paso de aves marinas en Estaca de Bares comenzó el 6 de julio con unas cuantas aves, que incluyeron grupos de negrón común, pardelas baleares, cenicientas y pichoneta, 1 págalo pomarino, 1 parásito y 1 grande, y 4 charranes patinegros. Por la noche se anilló un paíño común.

El día siguiente estuvo mucho mejor, con cerca de 200 alcatraces/hora, más de 100 pardelas baleares, 2 pardelas sombrías, 8 págalos grandes, un grupo de 20 agujas colinegras y, además de otras cosas, varias gaviotas cabecinegras, entre ellas 1 juvenil. También muchos delfines comunes.

El 8 de julio, con el cambio de viento al NE, fue ya peor. La mejor observación fue un juvenil de pardela balear, primera del año en Galicia. También se contaron 9 págalos grandes.

Observadores: Antonio Sandoval Rey, Pablo Pita Criado

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