Southern Giant/Northern Giant Petrel (group)
Macronectes giganteus/halli (Gmelin, JF, 1789) / Mathews, 1912 (0, 1)
Photo © Ed Dunens, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
STATUS
Southern Oceans.
OVERVIEW
There are just two other records of giant petrels in Europe.
BBRC RECORDS
1.0). 2019 Co. Durham Whitburn, 1CY+, 2nd July; also in Northumberland.
(C. Holt, P. French and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 114: 591; M. V. Newsome, British Birds 114: 748-752; BOURC (2022), Ibis 164: 363-368).
1.1) 2019 Northumberland Cullernose Point, 1CY+, 2nd July; same as Co. Durham.
(C. Holt, P. French and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 114: 591; S. Sexton, British Birds 114: 753-755; M. Eaton & S. Sexton, Birds in Northumbria 2020: 12-13; BOURC (2022), Ibis 164: 363-368).
