Leach’s Petrel, Oceanodroma leucorhoa

Local status: Very rare migrant

This species is susceptible to westerly storms, particularly if they are prolonged. Whilst this species migrates down the western Atlantic quite late in the autumn, for both records to have occurred in the middle of winter is surprising

Records:
2007: Sand Hutton, 2nd January. Found dead having hit a window.
2002: Malton, 5th February. Picked up exhausted and died in care