For a chance to ring some impressive birds we had a trip over to Long Nab (just north of Scarborough) yesterday evening where we were joined by local birders to have a go at netting Storm Petrels. While Storm Petrels are abundant on say the west coast of Scotland it’s a much harder proposition to net them on Yorkshire’s coastline. At just gone midnight and after a lot of patience luck was on our side. In the space of about half an hour we caught 2 Storm Petrels and a Leach’s Petrel – A bird rarely ringed in Yorkshire.
Storm Petrel – Ringed on 18 July 2010
Leach’s Petrel – Ringed on 18 July 2010
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