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Soft-plumaged Petrel (Pterodroma mollis)Where and when to see it in the UK

Vagrant · reporting peaks July · Petrels, Shearwaters, and Diving Petrels · BOU category A

Records to 2026-08-16 · build 2026-08-31

Soft-plumaged Petrel (Pterodroma mollis)
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Too few records to rate squares by month. Each marked square has at least one record; the table below gives the count and years.

Soft-plumaged Petrel: relative reporting rate by 10 km square, September

Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (grid squares, place names from OS Open Names). Northern Ireland place names: OSNI Open Data, OGL v3.0. County and country boundaries: Office for National Statistics, Open Government Licence v3.0. Coastline: Natural Earth. Bird records from the data partners listed here.

Soft-plumaged Petrel has been recorded in 6 of the 2,971 10 km squares covering UK land (0%) in records to 2026. Vagrant in the UK. Reporting peaks in July.

Conservation status: Least Concern (IUCN Red List, LC)
View on the IUCN Red List

Records by 10 km square

SquareWhereRecordsYearsVerified
NZ38Northumberland, England42021unverified
NZ46South Tyneside, England22021unverified
NU21Northumberland, England12021unverified
TA09North Yorkshire, England12021unverified
NZ37North Tyneside, England12021unverified
NU20Northumberland, England12021unverified

Spotted an error in a square? Report it and it goes into the review queue. Read the methodology for how classes, flags and sensitive-species rules work. Data to 2026.