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  1. Arbu

    Leach's Petrel Vestmannaeyjar Ferry beginning September

    Took the 7:45pm ferry out and the 7:25pm one back the next day. Not a sign of any storm petrel at all on either crossing. Maybe I should make a trip to the Faroe Islands to try for this bird one day. I did see Manx Shearwater, Great Skuas, Black Guillemots, Fulmars and of course Puffins. Also a...
  2. Arbu

    Leach's Petrel Vestmannaeyjar Ferry beginning September

    Thanks. Ferry times going out are 7:45pm and 10pm and coming back there is one at 9pm. Ferry takes 35 minutes. Sunset at the beginning of September is 8:30pm. Perhaps I'll try 7:45pm going out and 9pm coming back. Edit: Except I can't see any buses meeting the 9pm ferry. The last one seems to...
  3. Arbu

    Leach's Petrel Vestmannaeyjar Ferry beginning September

    Thanks. Sounds like I have to get to one of the outer islands at Vestmannaeyjar at night to see them and that will probably require paying a fisherman a lot of money. Maybe I'll just have to drive up to the Wirral one day when conditions are good. I'd take the train from London, but last...
  4. Arbu

    Leach's Petrel Vestmannaeyjar Ferry beginning September

    What are my chances if I take this ferry? Leach's Petrel is one of just five European bird species I've never seen. Another is Snowy Owl but it sounds like the chances of that are even lower.
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