Word Finder - shearwater

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Any of the long-winged pelagic seabirds of the family Procellariidae in genera Puffinus, Ardenna, and Calonectris, that breed on islands and coastal cliffs.

definition

(by extension) Any of the entire family Procellariidae, including certain of the petrels.

There is an immense variety of water-fowl, including the phalarope, fulmar petrel, kittiwake, Manx shearwater, black guillemot, whimbrel, puffin and white-tailed eagle.

Four species of Puffinus are recorded as visiting the coasts of the United Kingdom; but the Manx shearwater is the only one that at all commonly breeds in the British Islands.

They are rich in sea-fowl, the most common being the eider duck, puffin, Manx shearwater, black guillemot, kittiwake and herring gull.

Other birds peculiar to the south are two species of quails, the Andalusian hemipode (Turnix sylvatica), confined to the plains of Andalusia, the southern shearwater (Puffinus cinereus), and other water-birds.

Sea-watching produced a few large auks, a Sooty Shearwater, a blue phase Fulmar and a few Kittiwakes.

In Oban we stayed at Shearwater Inn which was nicely placed approximately equidistant between Golden Bay and Halfmoon Bay.

Dad is currently toying with the idea of setting up a vast caravan site at Shearwater - which sounds horrible to me ears.

Seabirds were surprisingly scarce, a few Manx Shearwater near Penzance being the highlight.

One Cory's Shearwater also passed quite close and Will found a female Common scoter on the waves offshore.

The third breeding seabird species is Newell's Shearwater.

There are numerous Atlantic Gray Seal on this coast and we may see passing Manx shearwater.

More Bulwer's petrels, brown boobies and one streaked shearwater.

A Great Crested Tern was seen as was a distant shearwater which we set off after in hot pursuit but never relocated.

In calm, sunny conditions the sea was very quiet with nothing better than a single Manx shearwater passing through off the Bill.

Also on the pelagic 20 Manx shearwater were seen well south of the islands flying strongly southwest, migrating?

One Cory 's Shearwater also passed quite close and Will found a female Common Scoter on the waves offshore.

There are numerous Atlantic Gray Seal on this coast and we may see passing Manx Shearwater.

More Bulwer 's petrels, brown boobies and one streaked shearwater.

In calm, sunny conditions the sea was very quiet with nothing better than a single Manx Shearwater passing through off the Bill.

Gough is also a major breeding site of the great shearwater Puffinus gravis with up to three million pairs breeding on the island.

Also on the pelagic 20 Manx Shearwater were seen well south of the islands flying strongly southwest, migrating?

This subspecies known as Scopoli 's Shearwater, may well be split in the future.