After the storm last week we managed to have a soft pelagic expedition with light winds and a nice number of species watched, being the highlight the Red-billed Tropicbird which was a first on our pelagics (not for Madeira though!). Cory's shearwater Calonectris borealis and Bulwer's Petrel Bulweria bulwerii were present everyday.
16th June 2023 - Northeast wind between 6 and to 11 knots and 0.2 meter waves from same direction
10 Desertas / Fea's Petrel Pterodroma feae/deserta - 6 on the way up, 3 on the chum slick and 1 on the way back
15 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
2 Lesser Black-backed gull Larus fuscus
Wilson's Storm-petrel Oceanites oceanicus
Manx shearwater Puffinus puffinus puffinus
Common tern Sterna hirundo
Portuguese man-of-war Physalia physalis
15th June 2023 - Northeast wind between 3 and 6 knots, 1 meter long period swell from east and 0.2 northeastern waves.
4 Manx shearwater Puffinus puffinus puffinus - 3 on the way up
4 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
3 Lesser Black-backed gull Larus fuscus
Red-billed tropicbird Phaethon aethereus
2 Common tern Sterna hirundo
Zino's Petrel Pterodroma madeira
Desertas / Fea's Petrel Pterodroma feae/deserta
14th June 2023 - East-northeast wind up to 8 knots and 0.3 meters waves from the same direction
Desertas / Fea's Petrel Pterodroma feae/deserta - 1st seabird watched as we left the harbour
Wilson's Storm-petrel Oceanites oceanicus
4 Madeiran storm petrel Oceanodroma castro
Short-finned pilot whales Globicephala macrorhynchus
Bryde’s whale Balaenoptera edeni
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