Friday 3 September 2010

Portsmouth to Bilbao Ferry Trip Highlights

27/8/10 Portsmouth to Bilbao (Day 1)
Northern Gannet 147
Manx Shearwater 3
Storm Petrel 8
Cory Shearwater 4
Fulmar 2
Great Skua 3
Sooty Shearwater 1
Pomarine Skua 1
Sabine Gull 1
Willow Warbler 1
Northern Wheater 1
Robin 1
Kestrel 1

Bottle-nosed Dolphin c23
Common Dolphin c80
Long-fin Pilot Whale 12
Fin Whale 5

28/8/10 4 hours in Bilbao (Day 2)
Giffon Vulture 14
Black Tern 1
Red-backed Shrike 1
Spotted Flycatcher
Pied Flycatcher
Common Buzzard
Cirl Bunting

28/8/10 Bilbao to Portsmouth (poor conditions)
Northern Gannet 26
Sooty Shearwater 1
Manx Shearwater 1
Storm Petrel 2
Arctic Skua 2
Sandwich Tern 2
Grey Pharlope 8

Bottle-nosed Dolphin 5
Common Dolphin 4
Tuna 1
Fin Whale 1
Sunfish 1

29/8/10 Bilbao to Portsmouth (Day 3)
Northern Gannet 187
Great Skua 10
Manx Shearwater 1
Fulmar 1
Sooty Shearwater 1
Storm Petrel 24
Common Tern 4
Sandwich Tern 1
Lesser Black-backed Gull 3