17TH - 22ND SEPTEMBER 2010: MARINELIFE TARGETED SURVEYS
22ND SEPTEMBER 2010
Jersey, Channel Islands to West Bay, Dorset
1 Sooty Shearwater, 2 Black Tern, 29 European Storm-petrel, 50 Great Skua, 12 Fulmar, 6 Sandwich Tern, 1 Common Tern and 10 Bottlenose Dolphin (including 1 calf) were encountered at Sark at 10:22 hrs. Sightings recorded between 08:00 - 18:50 during a Marinelife Targeted Survey by Kate Lewis, Mark Darlaston and Peter Lewis on board Huntress II of West Bay. Video to follow soon!
21ST SEPTEMBER 2010
St Malo, France to Jersey, Channel Islands
2 Balearic Shearwater, 1 Sooty Shearwater, 1 Puffin, 6 Great Skua, 4 Sandwich Tern and 116 European Storm-petrel recorded by Mark Darlaston, Peter Lewis and Kate Lewis between 07:30 - 18:30 during a Marinelife Targeted Survey by Kate Lewis, Mark Darlaston and Peter Lewis on board Huntress II of West Bay.
20TH SEPTEMBER 2010
Paimpol to St Malo, France
An incredible 400 - 550 Balearic Shearwater encountered in the Bay of St Brieuc, 92 European Storm-petrel, 18 Great Skua, 1 Sooty Shearwater, 6 Manx Shearwater, 1 Arctic Skua (Juvenile), 2 Black Tern, ca.12 Arctic Tern, 1 Roseate Tern, 5 Sandwich Tern, 41 Common Tern and 4 Mediterranean Gull recorded by Peter Lewis, Mark Darlaston and Kate Lewis between 07:20 - 17:15 during a Marinelife Targeted Survey on board Huntress II of West Bay. Video to follow soon!
19TH SEPTMEBER 2010
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| Distant flock of resting Balearic Shearwaters in the Bay of St Brieuc |
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| Resting Balearic Shearwaters |
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| Balearic Shearwaters taking flight |
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| Balearic Shearwaters in Bay of St Brieuc |
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| Sooty Shearwater (left) and Balearic Shearwater (right) |
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| Balearic Shearwater feeding |
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| Resting Balearic and Manx Shearwaters |
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| Manx Shearwater |
Roscoff to Paimpol, France
1 Grey Seal, 17 Balearic Shearwater, 1 Great Skua, 1 Black Tern, 1 Arctic Skua, 1 Sooty Shearwater, 18 Mediterranean Gull, 7 Common Tern, 1 Commic Tern, 47 Sandwich Tern and 1 Yellow-legged Gull recorded between 08:15 - 17:15 during a Marinelife Targeted Survey by Kate Lewis, Mark Darlaston and Peter Lewis on board Huntress II of West Bay.
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| Common Tern (1st Summer) sat on flotsam |
18TH SEPTEMBER 2010
Guernsey, Channel Islands to Roscoff, France
1 Balearic Shearwater, 341 European Storm-petrel, 2 Sooty Shearwater, 1 Black Tern, 17 Great Skua, 4 Sandwich Tern, 3 Fulmar and a distant unidentified cetacean species recorded between 09:00 - 19:00 during a Marinelife Targeted Survey by Kate Lewis, Mark Darlaston and Peter Lewis on board Huntress II of West Bay.
17TH SEPTMEBER 2010
West Bay, Dorset to Guernsey, Channel Islands
1 Balearic Shearwater, 775 European Storm-petrel, 24 Great Skua, 19 Sooty Shearwater, 20 Fulmar, 8 Common Tern and 1 Puffin recorded between 08:10 - 19:30 during a Marinelife Targeted Survey by Kate Lewis, Mark Darlaston and Peter Lewis on board Huntress II of West Bay.
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| Resting European Storm-petrels |
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