Cory's Shearwater
Habitat and behaviour
Habitat: South-west approaches (autumn).
Diet: Fish, squid.
Best time to spot: Lazy languid wingbeat.
When to look
Resident in the UK, so it can be found year-round. Numbers peak in May. See the May birding guide for what else is about. More on the season in British seabirds.
Where to see it
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Similar birds
- Balearic ShearwaterRare · South coast (autumn)
- Great ShearwaterRare · Open Atlantic (autumn)
- Sooty ShearwaterRare · Open Atlantic (autumn passage)
- Common RosefinchRare · Coastal scrub (autumn)
- Curlew SandpiperRare · Estuaries (autumn passage)
- European SerinRare · South coast scrub
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