Petrels & Shearwaters in North Yorkshire
Our list for North Yorkshire 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 North Yorkshire in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 4, most common first
FulmarFulmarus glacialisResidentCommon45–50 cmRegularly Nov–Sep
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorUncommon30–38 cmRegularly May–Nov
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaPassage migrantUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Aug–Oct
Balearic ShearwaterPuffinus mauretanicusPassage migrantUncommon35–40 cmRegularly Jul–Sep
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