Porto Moniz Seawatching report - 1st half of September 2015

Jonathan & Elaine Lamplough, from UK, kindly sent us their seawatching observations from Porto Moniz, during the first 2 weeks of September

Between the 2nd and the 9th of September 2015, in about 14 hours of seawatching:
About 200 Manx shearwater Puffinus puffinus
2 (Arctic Skua) Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
1 Bulwer's Petrel Bulweria bulwerii

10th of September 2015 - 8:30 to 10:00 & 17:30 to 19:00
69 Great shearwater Puffinus gravis - 64 in the morning
163 Manx shearwater Puffinus puffinus - 120 in the morning
6 Sooty shearwater Puffinus griseus - 5 in the morning
11 Fea's/Zino's Petrel Pterodroma sp. - All in the morning
7 Bulwer's Petrel Bulweria bulwerii
1 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus
2 (Arctic Skua) Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus

11th of September 2015 - 18:00 to 19:30
3 Great shearwater Puffinus gravis
2 Sooty shearwater Puffinus griseus
30 Manx shearwater Puffinus puffinus
1 Fea's/Zino's Petrel Pterodroma sp.
2 Bulwer's Petrel Bulweria bulwerii

12th of September 2015 - 07:40 to 09:40 & 16:20 to 19:20
414 Great shearwater Puffinus gravis - 408 in the afternoon
43 Sooty shearwater Puffinus griseus - 35 in pm
876 Manx shearwater Puffinus puffinus - 807 in the afternoon
15 Bulwer's Petrel Bulweria bulwerii
1 Long Tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus + 2 probables
3 (Arctic Skua) Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus

13th of September 2015 - 08:00 to 09:40 & 16:40 to 18:30
20 Great shearwater Puffinus gravis
7 Sooty shearwater Puffinus griseus
220 Manx shearwater Puffinus puffinus
11 Bulwer's Petrel Bulweria bulwerii
2 (Arctic Skua) Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus

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