14/09/2002 – Day 1
Farlington Marshes (East of Portsmouth off A2030):
Little Egret 8
Grey Heron 1
Wigeon c100
Gadwall c20
Teal c100
Mallard c30
Pintail 8
Shoveler 8
Sparrowhawk 1
Kestrel 1
Moorhen 10
Coot 1
Grey Plover 4
Lapwing c100
Snipe 8
Black-tailed Godwit c400
Curlew c10
Spotted Redshank c10
Redshank c200
Greenshank 7
Dunlin c200
Curlew Sandpiper 1
Common Gull 1
Lesser Black-backed Gull 1
Black-headed Gull c100
Turtle Dove 2
Kingfisher 1
Pied Wagtail 1
Yellow Wagtail 1
Wheatear 2
Reed Warbler 1
Magpie 1
Starling c200
Linnet 10
Reed Bunting 1
Insects recorded: Long-winged Conehead, Lesser Marsh Grasshopper, Clouded Yellow & Migrant Hawker
Boarded ‘Pride of Bilbao’ at 19:00 hours. Sailed at 21:10 hours.
15/09/2002 - Day 2
Fine with good visibility, wind building to North Easterly 6 through Bay of Biscay.
06:26 Gannet
06:31 Gannet
06:33 Lesser Black-backed Gull (6)
06:34 Gannet
06:35 Wheatear
06:37 Chiffchaff (2)
06:38 Tree Pipit
06:43 Lesser Black-backed Gull (22)
06:44 Greater Black-backed Gull
06:45 Gannet (3)
06:53 Gannet
06:58 Great Skua
07:02 Robin
07:05 Wheatear
07:11 Gannet
07:14 Wheatear
07:15 Gannet
07:18 Gannet
07:19 Great Skua
07:20 Gannet
07:27 Chiffchaff
07:30 Gannet
07:55 Manx Shearwater
08:00 Long-tailed Skua
08:02 Gannet
08:52 Redstart (male)
09:00 Balearic Shearwater
09:01 Long-finned Pilot Whales (20)
09:10 unidentified passerines (3)
09:34 Great Skua
09:38 Chiffchaff
09:54 Gannet (3)
09:54 Common Dolphin
09:55 Skua species
09:54 Common Dolphin (2)
10:13 Gannet
10:19 Common Tern (juvenile)
10:25 Gannet (4)
10:26 Lesser Black-backed Gull
11:01 Gannet
11:21 Blackcap (male)
11:27 Great Skua
11:37 Robin
11.56 Great Skua
12:06 Black-headed Gull
13:00 Garden Warbler
13:37 Wheatear
14:04 Minke Whale (breeching)
14:20 Comic Tern
14:30 Gannet
14:33 Pied Flycatcher
14:35 Sabine’s Gull
15:26 Lesser Black-backed Gull
15:30 Grey Pharalope
15:35 Dolphin species
15:49 Herring Gull
16:15 Cory’s Shearwater (2)
16:20 Great Shearwater (20)
16:25 Sooty Shearwater (2)
16:40 Dolphin species (c10)
16:45 Sooty Shearwater
16:46 Great Shearwater (2)
17:26 Great Shearwater (8)
17:26 Wader species (6)
17:38 Sabine’s Gull
17:38 Great Skua
17:44 Gannet
17:50 Gannet (20)
17:50 Great Shearwater (20)
18:00 Great Shearwater (10)
18:15 Cory’s Shearwater (2)
18:19 passerine species
18:27 wader species
16/09/2002 – Day 3
Santurtzi - El Mazo / Los Llanos: 07:15 –11:00 hrs
Docked at 07:00 hrs and then taken by taxi to the hillside near El Mazo.
Booted Eagle 1
Kestrel 1
Peregrine Falcon 1
Cuckoo 1
Swallow 5
House Martin 7
White Wagtail 2
Yellow Wagtail 2
Robin 1
Redstart 1
Whinchat 1
Stonechat 9
Wheatear 1
Blackbird 1
Cetti’s Warbler 2
Grasshopper Warbler 1
Blackcap 1
Whitethroat 3
Lesser Whitethroat 1
Sardinian Warbler 1
Willow Warbler 2
Chiffchaff 1
Spotted Flycatcher 1
Pied Flycatcher 3
Red-backed Shrike 1
Magpie 2
House Sparrow 5
Serin c30
Greenfinch 6
Goldfinch 17
Linnet 6
Insects recorded: Meadow Brown, Spanish Wall Brown, Adonis Blue, Locust sp.
Unusual Plants recorded: Field Eryngo, Autumn Ladies Tresses.
Santurtzi Harbour: - 11:15 – 11:45 hrs
Shag 1
Grey Heron 1
Yellow-legged Gull c600
Turnstone 1
Return Sailing through Bay of Biscay.
Fine with good visibility, Wind NE3 increasing to NE6 later.
12:40 Sooty Shearwater (2)
13:00 Bottle-nosed Dolphin (c10)
13:00 Sooty Shearwater
13:10 Gannet (juv.)
13:12 Common Gull
13:17 Manx Shearwater
13:25 Shoal of Tuna
13:28 Great Shearwater (c200)
13:28 Sooty Shearwater (c30)
13:30 Skua species
13:43 Cormorant (6)
14:06 Collared Dove
14:08 Wagtail species
14:55 Great Shearwater
14:55 Gannet
14:58 Great Shearwater (6)
15:00 Grey Phalarope (8)
15:06 Great Shearwater (c45)
15:06 Sooty Shearwater (c10)
15:35 Dolphin species (3)
15:47 Yellow-legged Gull
16:10 Gannet
16:20 Black-headed Gull
16:30 Skua species
16:50 Cormorant (c20)
17:15 Fin Whale (12 Blows)
17:50 Sabine’s Gull (4)
18:20 Unidentified (4 Blows)
18:35 Fin Whale (3 Blows)
17/09/2002 - Day 4
Fine with good visibility, Wind NE6.
07:09 Gannet
07:10 Gannet
07:11 Great Skua
07:17 Great Skua
07:20 Gannet
07:25 Gannet
08:05 Pied/White Wagtail
09:12 Gannets (several)
09:27 Tern species (2)
09:29 Sand Martin (3) north
09:42 Swallow (6) north
09:55 Sand Martin (2) north
09:55 Swallow (2) north
10:09 Swallow (4) north
10:10 Gannets (many)
11:40 Great Skua
Portsmouth Harbour: 17:00 hrs
Little Egret (5), Oystercatcher (c20)
Docked at 17:15 hrs
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