Sooty Shearwater
Habitat and behaviour
Habitat: Open Atlantic (autumn passage).
Diet: Fish, squid.
Best time to spot: Dark; trans-equatorial migrant.
When to look
Resident in the UK, so it can be found year-round. More on the season in Bird migration in Britain.
Where to see it
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