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Mediterranean Shearwater

Puffinus yelkouan

96Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
9Counties with records
VulnerableIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May0
Jun7
Jul32
Aug30
Sep17
Oct8
Nov1
Dec1

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Dorset England39
2Cornwall England9
3Devon England5
4Gwynedd Wales4
5East Riding of Yorkshire England3
6Pembrokeshire Wales3
7East Lothian Scotland2
8Kent England1
9Torbay England1
86 England2 Scotland7 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 9 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
96
Peak month
July
Counties with records
9
IUCN Red List
Vulnerable
Scientific name
Puffinus yelkouan
Group
Birds
Conservation designations
Bern Convention
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Procellariiformes
Family
Procellariidae
Genus
Puffinus
Name with authority
Puffinus yelkouan (Acerbi, 1827)
Described
1827

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q511566 · GBIF 5229377