Yelkouan Shearwater info request

michael23 · July 19th, 2009, 01:20 PM

Hi everyone, I was just wondering if any of you have experience with Yelkouan Shearwater, never seen one myself, but there was a message of a probable one past Gwennap head this morning,
I would like to learn more about this particular species,
Many thanks
Michael

Alex Lees · July 19th, 2009, 01:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by michael23

Hi everyone, I was just wondering if any of you have experience with Yelkouan Shearwater, never seen one myself, but there was a message of a probable one past Gwennap head this morning,
I would like to learn more about this particular species,
Many thanks
Michael

I've seen them in the eastern Med, but wouldn't say I paid that much attention, to actually learn something try Martin Garner's article on the identification of the species on the Birdguides webzine (there are various others published in popular bird journals), the Birdlife Project and the paper by Karen Bourgeois and Eric Vidal 'The endemic Mediterranean yelkouan shearwater Puffinus yelkouan: distribution, threats and a plea for more data' [attached].

Alex

michael23 · July 19th, 2009, 04:34 PM

hi alex, many thanks for those links, looks interesting reading.

Paul French · July 19th, 2009, 04:58 PM

Martin expands on the Birdwatch article in "Frontiers in Birding". Worth getting if you havn't already.

michael23 · July 19th, 2009, 05:55 PM

thank you paul, I hadnt actually seen that before, will look into it.

LeeEvans · July 19th, 2009, 09:37 PM

To date, there is only one acceptable Yelkouan Shearwater record in Britain - that of a bird that flew past Berry Head, South Devon, in 2008. Documented by Mike Langman. There have been at least 15 other claims.

With Balearic Shearwater being so particularly variable, identifying Yelkouan on a seawatch is extremely difficult in a British context.

michael23 · July 19th, 2009, 10:29 PM

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Originally Posted by LeeEvans

To date, there is only one acceptable Yelkouan Shearwater record in Britain - that of a bird that flew past Berry Head, South Devon, in 2008. Documented by Mike Langman. There have been at least 15 other claims.

With Balearic Shearwater being so particularly variable, identifying Yelkouan on a seawatch is extremely difficult in a British context.

Hi Lee, thanks for that bit of info

Brian S · July 22nd, 2009, 09:25 AM

This piece from Rare Birds Spain is helpful

http://www.terra.es/personal5/arbmor/arbsf019.htm

Brian S

michael23 · July 22nd, 2009, 04:35 PM

thankyou brian

Colin Key · October 23rd, 2009, 02:03 PM

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July 19th, 2009, 01:20 PM	#1
michael23 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: lower kilburn derbyshire uk Posts: 504	Yelkouan Shearwater info request Hi everyone, I was just wondering if any of you have experience with Yelkouan Shearwater, never seen one myself, but there was a message of a probable one past Gwennap head this morning, I would like to learn more about this particular species, Many thanks Michael

July 19th, 2009, 09:37 PM	#6
LeeEvans Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Little Chalfont Posts: 82	Yelkouan Shearwaters in Britain To date, there is only one acceptable Yelkouan Shearwater record in Britain - that of a bird that flew past Berry Head, South Devon, in 2008. Documented by Mike Langman. There have been at least 15 other claims. With Balearic Shearwater being so particularly variable, identifying Yelkouan on a seawatch is extremely difficult in a British context.

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July 19th, 2009, 04:34 PM	#3
michael23 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: lower kilburn derbyshire uk Posts: 504	hi alex, many thanks for those links, looks interesting reading.

July 19th, 2009, 04:58 PM	#4
Paul French Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 11	Martin expands on the Birdwatch article in "Frontiers in Birding". Worth getting if you havn't already.

July 19th, 2009, 05:55 PM	#5
michael23 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: lower kilburn derbyshire uk Posts: 504	thank you paul, I hadnt actually seen that before, will look into it.

July 22nd, 2009, 09:25 AM	#8
Brian S Moderator Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Suffolk, UK Posts: 662	This piece from Rare Birds Spain is helpful http://www.terra.es/personal5/arbmor/arbsf019.htm Brian S

July 22nd, 2009, 04:35 PM	#9
michael23 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: lower kilburn derbyshire uk Posts: 504	thankyou brian