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Procellariidae: Petrels, Shearwaters
Procellariidae: Petrels, Shearwaters
Soft-plumaged Petrel Pterodroma mollis (0, 1)
Soft-plumaged Petrel Pterodroma mollis (0, 1)
STATUS: Extremely rare visitor. BBRC.
STATUS: Extremely rare visitor. BBRC.
The third for the Western Palearctic after the first in the Gulf of Aqaba, Israel in March 1997 and Varangerfjord, Norway in June 2009.
© Graham Sorrie - Church Point, Newbiggin-by-the-Sea, 1st July
1). 2021 Brown's Bay, Cullercoats then St Mary's Island, Church Point, Newbiggin-by-the-Sea, Low Hauxley, Coquet Island, Cullernose Point, Craster, Beadnell Point, Annstead Point, Seahouses, Stag Rocks, Bamburgh, 1CY, 1st July; same as Yorkshire; also seen Cleveland, Co. Durham.
(L. Bacon, P. French and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 117: 695, plate 472 a-d; https://bou.org.uk/british-list/changes-to-the-british-list-13-aug-2024/).
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