Petrels & Shearwaters in East Riding of Yorkshire
Our list for East Riding of Yorkshire has 5 petrels & shearwaters recorded regularly there: 2 summer visitors, 2 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in East Riding of Yorkshire in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 5, most common first
FulmarFulmarus glacialisSummer visitorCommon45–50 cmRegularly Nov–Sep
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorUncommon30–38 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaPassage migrantUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Aug–Nov
Balearic ShearwaterPuffinus mauretanicusPassage migrantRare35–40 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
Great ShearwaterArdenna gravisScarceRare43–51 cm
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Manx Shearwater 30–38 cm
- Balearic Shearwater 35–40 cm
- Sooty Shearwater 40–51 cm
- Great Shearwater 43–51 cm
- Fulmar 45–50 cm
Body 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