Woodchatshrike
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Does anyone know the best month of the year to seawatch or take boat trips off the Canaries?
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Seawatching off the Canaries (1 Viewer)
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Allen S. Moore
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I've been to La Palma 3 times and, although I have never been on a boat trip from there, I reckon that May onwards would be good for bulwer's petrel (a bit of a bogey bird for me, in the lightest possible sense!). I have seen cory's shearwaters from that island and Tenerife (August and April respectively), with feet firmly on dry land, and I suppose that now some of the northern species would be passing through.Woodchatshrike said:
davidearlgray
davidearlgray
Hi, I recently took part in a Cetacean survey off Puerto Rico, Gran Canaria(Mid May 2005), and had an excellent time.Woodchatshrike said:
The bird sightings we saw included Red billed Tropicbird, White faced Petrel, Bulwer's Petrel, Maerdian Petrel,Wilson's Petrel, European Storm Petrel, Sooty Shearwater, Cory's Shearwater and Roseate Tern!
So I would say May was a pretty good month to go and do a pelagic off the Canaries.
If you need more information ,about the trip,let us know,
Cheers,
Dave Gray.
Woodchatshrike
Registered User
Thanks for the info. That is a set of seabirds I would dearly love to see. I will PM you at some point.
Allen S. Moore
Well-known member
Yes, impressive species! I won't be able to go to the Canaries in May for 3 years as my son is still at school, but I've pencilled in 2009.Woodchatshrike said:
Allen S. Moore
Well-known member
crown said:
Yes, I'm going to La Palma for 4 nights later this autumn, but there will not be many flowers about and the only seabird that I am guarranteed is yellow-legged gull, although I have seen glaucous gull and ring-billed gull there on previous autumn visits (2000 and 2001).
