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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hugh Harrop" data-source="post: 1276008" data-attributes="member: 4703">See forwarded message below. The time and date of the observation below would appear to refer to the morning of Sunday 23 August - when COW were onboard along with the 30 or so lads from the Cardiff Bird Club and a fair number of other birders. Would they like to shed any knowledge / comments on this record? The same observers also seem to have seen 6 Long-tailed Skuas mid-Bay on 16 Aug which is an exceptional record - LT Skuas remain extremely rare in the Bay. ----- Forwarded Message ----From: José Luis Copete <JLCopete@telefonica.net>To: westpalbirds 'at' yahoogroups.comSent: Thursday, 28 August, 2008 17:13:28Subject: [WestPalBirds] Fea's/Desertas/Zino's Petrel 45 miles off OuessantDear all,Gorka Ocio, who organizes cetacean and seabird observations from the ferrywhich crosses from Bilbao to Portsmouth (Pride of Bilbao), commentedyesterday in the Spanish birdlist rarebirdspain that last weekend wasobserved an unidentified Fea’s/Desertas/ Zino’s Petrel approximately 45 milesafter crossing Ouessant cap, inside the English Channel.The lucky observers of this petrel were the mentioned Gorka Ocio togetherwith François Richir, Brian Lox and Quentin Given.It’s also worth of mention that also during August have been alreadyobserved 2 other Pterodroma petrels from Galicia (NW Spain), from Estaca deBares cap, by Ricardo Hevia and others.José Luis CopeteTerrassa, Spain</blockquote>

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