Shearwaters are seabirds in the petrel family Procellariidae. they are most common in temperate and cold waters, and are pelagic outside the breeding season. After leaving the nest, in a few days these birds can already travel up to 2000 km. The distance of the journey south can be over 10,000 km (6,000 mi). They feed on fish, squid, and similar oceanic food. Some will follow fishing boats to take scraps, commonly the sooty shearwater; these species also commonly follow whales to feed on fish disturbed by them. Because all their food is sourced from the sea they are built to be great divers. Some species can dive to depths of 70 m!

The most common shearwater is the great shearwater and there are about thirty species. Shearwaters are critically endangered, and as a species under threat and have a deeply uncertain future because of threats from fisheries by-catch and climate change at sea, and predation pressure and human disturbance at the breeding colonies. So if we don’t change are ways we might not see any more of this amazing birds at some point in the future .