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2 Black-capped Petrels from pelagic, 4 miles west of Sao Filipe, Fogo, this morning, around boat for 27 minutes by first last photo. This photo by Kirk Zufelt.

Mist netting Cape Verde Perrel Pterodroma feae in conjunction with research of Projecto Vitó Cabo Verde (on Fogo) - Herculano Dinis, Jacob Gonzales Solis and team. 23 birds processed. Much learning.

Eventually, a Cape Verde Storm-petrel appeared out of the many Leach’s. Second one in 4 pelagic trips. We got none in a week of pelagics out of São Vicente 2 years ago. Photo Scott Reid With Projecto Vitó, Fogo, Cape Verde

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Cape Verde Petrel Pterodroma feae interacting over courting grounds, Fogo, Cape Verde, 21 March, with Projecto Vitó, Herculano Dinis, Jacob Gonzales Solis. The mourning / lamenting songs were quite haunting. #seabirds

On 21 March, off Fogo, Cape Verde Islands, two Black-capped Petrels Pterodroma hasitata joined at least 25 Cape Verde Petrels P. feae, one of them present for 27 minutes. Views were spectacular, though too fast and erratic for a camcording, so I took this iPhone footage.

Pterodromas like nowhere else in the North Atlantic: Cape Verde Petrels off Fogo, Cape Verde, March 2025. About 25 around the boat at one time. Yet to check photos for Desertas / Zino's that could be in Cape Verdian waters in March.

I've added sound recording to thermal imaging to give a sense of the magic of witnessing a Cape Verde Petrel courtship area after dark.

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Cape Verde Petrel video on my YouTube account youtu.be/lLA_F77hJqQ

The only Black-capped Petrel videod in the Western Palearctic youtu.be/q7qd6BKyyHw?si…

An evening at the courting grounds of Cape Verde Petrel on Fogo, Cape Verde youtu.be/7uXdpjGegoY?si…

New Article: Flood, R. L. 2025. Melanistic Cory’s Shearwater off Scilly in August 2024 and notes on confusion species. British Birds 118: 208–213. researchgate.net/publication/39…

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We have a piece on 25 years of Scilly Pelagics in the latest issue of Birdwatch

The recent N Atlantic Streaked Shear was much debated. ID criteria set out in our Shearwater guide (eg J Gale's illustrations). Our book predicted all recent shearwater additions to N Atlantic incl. Wedge-tailed & Flesh-footed. Available in UK or email [email protected]

One last look at Swinhoe’s before tying-up the species account for our new guide, hopefully out next year. Tx to Shoko & Hiro Tanoi. (Photo Kirk Zufelt)

These Japanese Murrelets were a bonus on the Swinhoe’s Pelagics off Maizuru, Japan

Superb pelagic, Iwate, Japan, included Short-tailed Alby, Black-footed & Laysan, Sooty & Short-tailed Shears, 1000s Streaked Shear, Flesh-footed Shear, Pacific Fulmar, Wilson’s Stormy, blonde South Polar Skua, Japanese Murrelet, Japanese Cormorant. Tx Shoko & Hiro Tanoi #seabirds

The South Polar Skua and Short-tailed Albatross from yesterday’s Iwate pelagic. Photos Peter Flood