Noordse Pijlstormvogel

Puffinus puffinus · Manx Shearwater

Datum	12 September 2021
Locatie	Off the southeast coast of Gran Canaria (Canary Islands)
Fotograaf	Rubén Barone
Bekeken	2799 ×
	During several days of the first half of September 2021 there was an impressive migration of Manx Shearwaters, Great Shearwaters and Arctic Terns in the Canary Islands. Especially interesting was the influx of Manx Shearwater, seen in small groups in constant movement to the south.

Discussie

Michel de Lange
· 1 January 2022 16:23, gewijzigd 1 January 2022 17:07

Hi Ruben,

Which dates and what numbers? Migration was very slow this year in Porto Moniz (Madeira) with best days for Great Shearwater 1033 (11-9), Sooty 14 (11-9), Manx Shearwater 1717 (11-9), Arctic Tern 670 (5-9). Regrettably I had to leave in the early morning of the twelfth when migration started much better than on the eleventh. Gr. M.

Rubén Barone
· 1 January 2022 22:15

Hi again.

I need to check this with my field notebooks, but I remember good numbers especially of Manx Shearwaters, with groups of up to 5-6 birds passing frequently and seen from a boat (on Gran Canaria the birds were migrating at great distances from land, so the only form to see them was by boat). And on Tenerife, in the summer of 2020 from the Northwest coast, we could see about 400 Great Shearwaters in five hours of continued observation.

Best regards.

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