13th October 2012: more Sabine's!

This pelagic was performed at the same time as the famous "Festa do Marisco" (shellfish fair) in O Grove, on Saturday 13th October. There were a good number of sightings. br />
Here below are the results of the pelagic (bold: most relevant sights; italic: approximate numbers):

BIRDS:

Melanitta nigra	5
Hydrobates pelagicus	1
Oceanites oceanicus	1
Calonectris diomedea	4
Puffinus gravis	16
Puffinus griseus	9
Puffinus mauretanicus	2
Morus bassanus	170
Phalacrocorax carbo	2
Phalacrocorax aristotelis	96
Ardea cinerea	4
Egretta garzetta	1
Arenaria interpres	1
Stercorarius skua	7
Stercorarius parasiticus	5
Stercorarius pomarinus	2
Larus melanocephalus	10
Larus canus	1	(first for this autumn)
Chroicocephalus ridibundus	4
Larus fuscus	321
Larus michahellis	650
Larus marinus	3
Xema sabini	120	(record for Seabirds Galicia)
Sterna hirundo	4
Sterna sandvicensis	8
MAMMALS:
Delphinus delphis	31
Tursiops truncatus	12
FISH:
Mola mola	6

And some pictures (to be completed in the next days):

Wilson's storm-petrel (Oceanites oceanicus), 13/10/2012, 12 nm W of Ons islands, SW Galicia. (c) Xoán Diéguez. 

Great shearwater (Puffinus gravis), 13/10/2012, 12 nm W of Ons islands, SW Galicia. (c) Xoán Diéguez.  

Northern gannet (Morus bassanus), 13/10/2012, 2 nm SW of Sálvora island, SW Galicia. (c) Xoán Diéguez.  

Great skua (Stercorarius skua), 13/10/2012, 12 nm W of Ons islands, SW Galicia. (c) Xoán Diéguez.  

Great Skua (Stercorarius skua), 13/10/2012, 12 nm W of Ons islands, SW Galicia. (c) Xoán Diéguez. 

Mediterranean gull (Larus melanocephalus), 13/10/2012, 2 nm SW of Sálvora island, SW Galicia. (c) Xoán Diéguez. 

Sabine's gull (Xema sabini), 13/10/2012, 12 nm W of Ons islands, SW Galicia. (c) Xoán Diéguez.