UAE Pelagic Summary

Been a while since I posted, to be honest I have travelled a lot recently, taken a lot of pictures, been working hard and just not had time for the blog. However I find myself with 5 minutes to put together a small blog on a summary of some recent Pelagics I have been on off the East Coast of the United Arab Emirates.

31st May 2013 Species Included :

• Flesh-footed Shearwater 4

• Wedge-tailed Shearwater 5

• Persian Shearwater 4000 + mostly in two large flocks – amazing sight, one of the largest if not the largest count of this species in UAE waters.

• Wilson’s Storm Petrel 1

• Red-necked Phalarope 15

• Brown Noddy 1

• Sooty Tern 1 (Immature)

• Bridled Tern 700

• Little Tern 5

• Common Tern 200+

• White-cheeked Tern 2

• Lesser-crested Tern 2

• Arctic Skua 1

Flesh-footed Shearwater (Puffinus carneipes)

Wedge-tailed Shearwater (Puffinus pacificus)

Persian Shearwater (Puffinus persicus)

Sooty Tern (Onychoprion fuscatus)

Brown Noddy (Anous stolidus)

Red-necked Phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus)

7th June 2013 Species Included :

Numbers were down on this trip, still 1000+ Persian Shearwater, however other species were lacking. The highlight of the trip being a Long-tailed Skua

• Persian Shearwater 1000 +

• Wedge-tailed Shearwater 2

• Bridled Tern 180

• Long-tailed Skua 1

Wedge-tailed Shearwater(Puffinus pacificus)

Wedge-tailed Shearwater(Puffinus pacificus)

Persian Shearwater(Puffinus persicus)

Bridled Tern (Onychoprion anaethetus)

Long-tailed Skua (Stercorarius longicaudus)

Long-tailed Skua (Stercorarius longicaudus)

14th June 2013 Species Included :

This turned out to be a cracking Pelagic especially if you needed to see Jouanin’s Petrel !

Some of the Tuna action was the best I’ve seen !!

• Wedge-tailed Shearwater 6

• Flesh-footed Shearwater 1

• Jouanin’s Petrel 20

• Wilson’s Storm-petrel 22

• Common Noddy 1

• Red-necked Phalarope 2

Brown Noddy(Anous stolidus)

Brown Noddy(Anous stolidus)

Joaunin’s Petrel (Bulweria fallax)

Joaunin’s Petrel(Bulweria fallax)

Persian Shearwater(Puffinus persicus)

Persian Shearwater(Puffinus persicus)

Wilson’s Storm Petrel (Oceanites oceanicus)