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    Razorbill or Manx Shearwater (North Sea, March 3th, 2023)

    Hi Butty, thank you, yes I 'wrote it down' als Auk (Guillemot or Razorbill). The images are just not clear enough. As an aside: For some reason, when visiting Scotland and twice crossing the North Sea (from and back to the Netherlands) during the last couple of days in February and the first...
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    Razorbill or Manx Shearwater (North Sea, March 3th, 2023)

    Thank you Alexander and pbjosh, it's clear then that it's an Alcid (probably Razorbill). As there were many Razorbills during the journey, that's also the most likely. Regarding the caveat. I'm ready to discount my first impression. I'm not an experience seabird observer at all and there was...
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    Razorbill or Manx Shearwater (North Sea, March 3th, 2023)

    When bird watching from the Newcastle - IJmuiden (Netherlands) ferry, late in the day (18:20 hrs) on March 3 this year, I saw and photographed a Razorbill or Manx Shearwater. It was very far off and already very dark. Location was not far out from Newcastle (perhaps sailing for an hour). Seas...
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