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Bay of Biscay Species Trip List 
    Name Species Comment
    Cory's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea 3 on 29th
    Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 1 on 29th
    Balearic Shearwater Puffinus yelkouan mauretanicus 2 on 27th
    European Storm-petrel Hydrobates pelagicus 1 on 27th
    Gannet Morus bassanus 27th & 28th & 29th
    Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo Several in Portsmouth
    Griffon-vulture Gyps fulvus 2 on 28th over Bilbao
    Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Several in Bilbao
    Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 1 on 27th
    Turnstone Arenaria interpres 1 on 27th
    Great Skua Catharacta skua 3 on 27th & several on 29th
    Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 1 on 27th
    Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 2 on 27th & several on 29th
    Herring Gull Larus argentatus Numerous around Portsmouth
    Western Yellow-legged Gull Larus cachinnans michahellis Numerous in Bilbao port
    Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus graellsi 27th & 28th & 29th & numerous around Portsmouth
    Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus Numerous in Bilbao port & around Portsmouth
    Little Gull Larus minutus 1 on 28th
    Sabine's Gull Larus sabini 5 on 27th
    Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla Numerous around Portsmouth on 29th
    Common Tern Sterna hirundo 20 on 28th & numerous around Portsmouth on 29th
    Little Tern Sterna albifrons Several around Portsmouth on 29th
    Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 2 on 27th & on 28th
    Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava flavissima 1 on 28th
    Reed-warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 1 on 28th
    Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 2 on 27th
    House Sparrow Passer domesticus Numerous in Bilbao   
    Serin Serinus serinus Several in Bilbao

     

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