European Storm Petrel
Habitat and behaviour
Habitat: Atlantic; remote islands.
Diet: Plankton, fish oil.
Best time to spot: Sparrow-sized seabird; pattering feet.
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
- Leach's Storm PetrelRare · Atlantic; few remote colonies
- Madeiran Storm Petrel · Pelagic (very rare)
- Manx ShearwaterUncommon · Atlantic; islands (summer)
- Great ShearwaterRare · Open Atlantic (autumn)
- Sooty ShearwaterRare · Open Atlantic (autumn passage)
- Black StorkEpic · Forested rivers
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