Petrels & Shearwaters in Dorset
Our list for Dorset has 4 petrels & shearwaters recorded regularly there: 1 resident, 2 summer visitors and 1 passage migrant
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Dorset in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 4, most common first
FulmarFulmarus glacialisResidentUncommon45–50 cmRegularly Nov–Sep
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorUncommon30–38 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Balearic ShearwaterPuffinus mauretanicusSummer visitorUncommon35–40 cmRegularly May–Oct
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaPassage migrantRare40–51 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
Smallest to largest
Length, cmBody length, bill to tail. Rare birds in grey.
Data: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made