Soft-plumaged Petrel
Pterodroma mollis (Gould, 1844) (0, 1)
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STATUS
Southern Oceans. Monotypic.
OVERVIEW
Complete breast band is a starting point to identification.
BBRC RECORDS
1.0). 2021 Yorkshire Flamborough Head then Long Nab, Burniston and Old Nab, Staithes, 1CY, 1st July, photo; also seen Cleveland, Co. Durham, Northumberland.
(L. Bacon, P. French and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 117: 695; BOURC (2025), Ibis 167: 313; R. Ahmed, British Birds 118: 465-473).
1.1). 2021 Cleveland Cowbar, 1CY, 1st July; same as Yorkshire; also seen Co. Durham, Northumberland.
(L. Bacon, P. French and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 117: 695; BOURC (2025), Ibis 167: 313; R. Ahmed, British Birds 118: 465-473).
1.2). 2021 Co. Durham Whitburn Coastal Park, 1CY, 1st July; same as Yorkshire; also in Cleveland, Northumberland.
(L. Bacon, P. French and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 117: 695; BOURC (2025), Ibis 167: 313; R. Ahmed, British Birds 118: 465-473).
1.3) 2021 Northumberland Brown's Bay, Cullercoats then St Mary's Island, Church Point, Newbiggin-by-the-Sea, Low Hauxley, Coquet Island, Cullernose Point, Coquet Island, Craster, Beadnell Point, Annstead Point, Seahouses, Stag Rocks, Bamburgh, 1CY, 1st July; same as Yorkshire; also seen Cleveland, Co. Durham.
(L. Bacon, P. French and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 117: 695; BOURC (2025), Ibis 167: 313; R. Ahmed, British Birds 118: 465-473, plates 276-278).
P). 2025 Cornwall Porthgwarra, July, video.
(birding information services).
