Soft-plumaged Petrel

Pterodroma mollis (Gould, 1844) (0, 1)

Photo © Danmantle, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

STATUS

Southern Oceans. Monotypic.

OVERVIEW

Complete breast band is a starting point to identification.

---

BBRC RECORDS

1.0). 2021 Yorkshire Flamborough Head then Long Nab, Burniston and Old Nab, Staithes, 1CY, 1st July, photo; also seen Cleveland, Co. Durham, Northumberland.

(https://bou.org.uk/british-list/changes-to-the-british-list-13-aug-2024/).

1.1). 2021 Cleveland Cowbar, 1CY, 1st July; same as Yorkshire; also seen Co. Durham, Northumberland.

(https://bou.org.uk/british-list/changes-to-the-british-list-13-aug-2024/).

1.2). 2021 Co. Durham Whitburn Coastal Park, 1CY, 1st July; same as Yorkshire; also in Cleveland, Northumberland.

(https://bou.org.uk/british-list/changes-to-the-british-list-13-aug-2024/).

1.3) 2021 Northumberland Brown's Bay, Cullercoats then St Mary's Island, Church Point, Newbiggin-by-the-Sea, Low Hauxley, Coquet Island, Cullernose Point, Craster, Beadnell Point, Annstead Point, Seahouses, Stag Rocks, Bamburgh, 1CY, 1st July; same as Yorkshire; also seen Cleveland, Co. Durham.

(https://bou.org.uk/british-list/changes-to-the-british-list-13-aug-2024/).