martinberg
Member
Hi all seabird enthusiasts,
As a result of my huge sailing interest I have the great opportunity to sail over the Atlantic sea this spring which will be very exciting. We will begin in the West Indies where we will spend approximately 2 weeks in the Caribbean sea before we across and plan to reach the Azores in the beginning of May after that we hope to arrive in Porto, Portugal around the 10:th of May.
Trip planning:
5 -28 mars: Caribbean Sea
29 – 25 April: Sailing through Bermuda to the Azores
28/4 – 11/5: Sailing to Porto in Portugal.
I have a burning interest for birds and especially seabirds and will of course bring my binoculars with me and scan the sea so often as I can. Seeing that I am out on deck on all of my noon sleeping time I will get many hours being on the lookout.
Even if I have a quite big experience of all our European seabird passengers I do not really know what birds I can expect on my trip during that time of the year.
Here are those birds I think I have a quite good chance to spot:
Cory´s Shearwater
Great Shearwater
Manx Shearwater
Audubon´s Shearwater
Little Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
Wilson´s Storm-petrel
Leach´s Storm-petrel
Here is my dream species:
Black-capped petrel
Bulwer`s Petrel
White-faced petrel
Atlantic yellow-nosed Albatross
Black-browed Albatross
Trinidad petrel
Fea´s Petrel
Band-rumped storm-petrel
What chance do I have to see all those species? –and bear in mind that I will watch really hard for a long time. Which species of seabirds is possible, shall I add something on the list?
What do you think about the sea watching around in this area? Do you think we I cross any particularly good area for sea birds?
Would be glad to hear what you say I am glad for any kind of tips and advice
Kind regards
// Martin Berg, Stockholm Sweden
As a result of my huge sailing interest I have the great opportunity to sail over the Atlantic sea this spring which will be very exciting. We will begin in the West Indies where we will spend approximately 2 weeks in the Caribbean sea before we across and plan to reach the Azores in the beginning of May after that we hope to arrive in Porto, Portugal around the 10:th of May.
Trip planning:
5 -28 mars: Caribbean Sea
29 – 25 April: Sailing through Bermuda to the Azores
28/4 – 11/5: Sailing to Porto in Portugal.
I have a burning interest for birds and especially seabirds and will of course bring my binoculars with me and scan the sea so often as I can. Seeing that I am out on deck on all of my noon sleeping time I will get many hours being on the lookout.
Even if I have a quite big experience of all our European seabird passengers I do not really know what birds I can expect on my trip during that time of the year.
Here are those birds I think I have a quite good chance to spot:
Cory´s Shearwater
Great Shearwater
Manx Shearwater
Audubon´s Shearwater
Little Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
Wilson´s Storm-petrel
Leach´s Storm-petrel
Here is my dream species:
Black-capped petrel
Bulwer`s Petrel
White-faced petrel
Atlantic yellow-nosed Albatross
Black-browed Albatross
Trinidad petrel
Fea´s Petrel
Band-rumped storm-petrel
What chance do I have to see all those species? –and bear in mind that I will watch really hard for a long time. Which species of seabirds is possible, shall I add something on the list?
What do you think about the sea watching around in this area? Do you think we I cross any particularly good area for sea birds?
Would be glad to hear what you say I am glad for any kind of tips and advice
Kind regards
// Martin Berg, Stockholm Sweden