Petrels & Shearwaters in Kent
Our list for Kent has 4 petrels & shearwaters recorded regularly there: 1 resident, 1 summer visitor and 2 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Kent in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 4, most common first
FulmarFulmarus glacialisResidentUncommon45–50 cmRecorded all year
Balearic ShearwaterPuffinus mauretanicusPassage migrantUncommon35–40 cmRegularly Aug–Oct
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaPassage migrantUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Aug–Nov
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorRare30–38 cmRegularly Apr–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