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Thursday, October 13, 2011

Good pelagic trip - 12 Oct 2011

A pelagic trip was performed on 12th October 2011, being observed (and photographed) a good quantity of birds of several species (bold: highlights, italic: approximate numbers):


Arenaria interpres 6
Calonectris diomedea 24
Charadrius hiaticula 1
Haematopus ostralegus 1
Hydrobates pelagicus 31
Larus fuscus 470
Larus marinus 9
Larus melanocephalus 14
Larus michahellis 1435
Larus ridibundus 201
Melanitta nigra 2
Morus bassanus 100
Oceanites oceanicus 5
Phalacrocorax aristotelis 308
Phalacrocorax carbo 44
Puffinus gravis 182
Puffinus griseus 1
Puffinus mauretanicus 13
Stercorarius parasiticus 1
Stercorarius pomarinus 6
Stercorarius skua 14
Sterna sandvicensis 9
Alcidae 1
Hydrobatidae 7
Larus sp. 50
Scolopacidae 1
Stercorarius sp. 1


Delphinus delphis 53
Delphinidae 2


Mola mola 1

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