tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-152241265895027002024-02-07T07:56:54.639+00:00scillypelagicsCovering the latest Scilly Pelagic news, seabirds worldwide & rare birds in Scilly...scillypelagicshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12469190797259978801noreply@blogger.comBlogger137125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15224126589502700.post-37893369504607325652017-02-24T16:35:00.000+00:002017-02-24T16:35:44.748+00:00Scilly Pelagics T-shirts et alFirst design available <a href="https://oceanrunner.threadless.com/" target="_blank">here</a><br />
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<br />scillypelagicshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12469190797259978801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15224126589502700.post-71717728215575489912016-03-01T19:47:00.000+00:002016-03-01T19:47:28.231+00:00The FINNATURE Experience...<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5-mMWhw5HZY" width="560"></iframe>scillypelagicshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12469190797259978801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15224126589502700.post-47027175812824142422014-01-22T09:43:00.000+00:002014-01-22T09:43:02.793+00:00Xmas 2013 Tubenose ID Challenge Solution1. Short-tailed Albatross off Torishima, Japan<br />
2. Fea’s Petrel off Hatteras, USA<br />
3. Balearic Shearwater off Scilly, UK<br />
4. Light-mantled Sooty Albatross in the South Atlantic<br />
5. Sooty Shearwaters off Monterey, USA<br />
6. Grey-faced Petrel in the Hauraki Gulf, New Zealand<br />
7. Wandering Albatross, presumably Tristan, off Gough Island<br />
8. White-faced Storm-petrel off Madeira<br />
9. Wilson’s Storm-petrel off Hatteras, USA<br />
10. Black-browed Albatross in the South Atlantic<br />
11. Antarctic Petrel in the Drake Passage<br />
12. Antarctic Prion off South Setlands<br />
13. ‘White-bellied’ Storm-petrel off Tristan Island (<i>Fregetta tropica melanoleuca</i> or <i>F. grallaria leucogaster</i>)<br />
14. Atlantic Petrel south of Gough Island<br />
15. Grey-headed Albatross approaching Montevideo, Uruguay<br />
16. Black-capped Petrel off Hatteras, USA<br />
17. Bermuda Petrel off Bermuda<br />
18. European Storm-petrel off Scilly, UK<br />
19. Cory’s Shearwaters off Madeira<br />
20. Fairy Prion in the Hauraki Gulf, New Zealand<br />
21. Leach’s Storm-petrel off Hatteras, USA<br />
22. Southern Giant Petrel in the Drake Passage<br />
23. Great Shearwater between Gough and Tristan Islands<br />
24. Kerguelen Petrel in the South Atlantic<br />
25. Grey Petrel in the South Atlantic<br />
26. Spectacled Petrel off Gough Island<br />
27. Subantarctic Little Shearwater south of Gough Island<br />
28. Snow Petrel in the Weddel Sea<br />
29. Soft-plumaged Petrel off Tristan Island<br />
30. White-chinned Petrel north of South Orkney<br />
31. Tahiti Petrel in the southwest Pacific<br />
32. Matsudaira’s Storm-petrel en route to Bonin Islands<br />
33. Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross between Gough and Tristan Islands<br />
34. Black-bellied Storm-petrel (nominate) off Elephant Island<br />
35. Black Petrel in the Hauraki Gulf, New Zealand<br />
36. Buller’s Shearwater in the Hauraki Gulf, New Zealand<br />
37. Band-rumped Storm-petrel (with Wilson’s) off Hatteras, USA<br />
38. Streaked Shearwater off South Korea<br />
39. Flesh-footed Shearwater in the Hauraki Gulf, New Zealand<br />
40. White-necked Petrel off North Island, New Zealand
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<br />scillypelagicshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12469190797259978801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15224126589502700.post-85724480749202868182013-05-18T15:19:00.000+01:002013-05-18T21:25:51.437+01:00Expedition to Juan FernandezHadoram Shirihai (the Tubenoses Project) has given us the exclusive opportunity to publish his report (full of awesome photos and new information) of his recent 'mass-chuming' at-sea expedition to Juan Fernandez Islands in search of petrels. This includes an intriguing record of what appears to be unknown dark form (i.e. a dark-morph, or a dark-type/taxon - subject to a future research!) related to White-bellied Storm-petrel. Here is a taster of what is to come:
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scillypelagicshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12469190797259978801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15224126589502700.post-1713838026684934782013-05-17T15:19:00.000+01:002013-05-18T15:37:41.755+01:00Iberian Chiffchaff, Lower Moors, 24-26 April 2013A singing first-summer male Iberian Chiffchaff <i>Phylloscopus ibericus</i> was found by Ashley Fisher at Lower Moors early on the 24th April. It constitutes only the second record for Scilly.<br />
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Obviously, I raced home but the bird had gone missing. About an hour later, it returned briefly, and I managed to get some record video footage (below).<br />
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After what seemed like an eternity, it started calling again and eventually gave views down to a few feet. Unfortunately, I only managed to acquire some record video footage as I was fumbling around with my sound recording gear at the time!<br />
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Almost an hour later, the airfield quietened down and the Dusky just wouldn't stop calling!
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It was pleasing therefore, to record a group of Common Crossbill in the pine belt at Trenoweth and confidently assign them to type: Type C or Glip Crossbill (see sonogram below).
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