Northern gannet

Thank you for contacting them, Sonja! That is also interesting information - it would be great if you could include information on how you came to spot animals in your postings. It makes the spottings even more interesting.

Hi Maria, I was on the survey boat from the marine conservation society in West Wales, I'm sure they said it was an albatross. I'll contact them to find out. Cheers.

Hi Sonja. Wikipedia says that the albatross doesn't occur in the North Atlantic region so this is probably some other bird.