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Zino’s Petrel, Isles of Scilly, 30th July 2020, first for Britain
Zino’s Petrel, Isles of Scilly, 30th July 2020. An evocative image of a Zino’s in British waters
(© Danni & Zac Hinchcliffe) Zino’s Petrel is among the rarest of all seabirds in the world, with perhaps 80–85 pairs breeding exclusively on Madeira Island, and 300 individuals in total roaming the entire Atlantic Ocean. Over the last 12 years, I have been at sea off Madeira on about 50 days, observed Zino’s Petrel on about 30 of those days, enjoyed perhaps 50 sightings of Zino’s
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