Possible (Manx) Shearwater? (September 2021, Dutch coast) (1 Viewer)

[Frank-birding]

Two years ago when watching seabirds I saw this distant bird. Location Maasvlakte II, south of Rotterdam. Unfortunately it flew way from me. Although I was able to grab the camera, the angle is bad and the images are blurry and small as well. It might have been a Shearwater? Could it still be identified?

Regards, Frank

 

[THE_FERN]

Two years ago when watching seabirds I saw this distant bird. Location Maasvlakte II, south of Rotterdam. Unfortunately it flew way from me. Although I was able to grab the camera, the angle is bad and the images are blurry and small as well. It might have been a Shearwater? Could it still be identified?

Regards, Frank

I think it is a shearwater but I don't think it's Manx. The pics appear slightly brown to me without any evidence of the white I'd seen on the undersides of that species. The wings are also very long. I wonder if it's sooty...

 

[DMW]

I would have said skua, probably Arctic, based on the 2nd image

 

[Butty]

I think it is a shearwater

I think pic 2 rules that out (wing-attitude). Skua-ish.

 

[Frank-birding]

Thank you all for helping me with this tricky seabird identification.

Frank