Zino's Petrel Pelagic Expedition 2012 - August 28, 29, 30

The last Zino's Petrel Pelagic Expedition of 2012 gave the highest number of species seen this year on a Wind Birds' pelagic trips as this was migration time and so several species of shearwaters and skuas were observed.

30th of August 2012
On the way to the chum position:
1 Manx shearwater Puffinus puffinus
2 Great shearwaters Puffinus gravis
1 Fea's petrel
Cory's shearwaters Calonectris diomedea
Bulwer's petrels Bulweria bulwerii

On the chum
Around 50 Great shearwaters Puffinus gravis
1 Sooty shearwater Puffinus griseus
1 Fea's petrel Pterodroma feae
Cory's shearwaters Calonectris diomedea
Bulwer's petrels Bulweria bulwerii

Bottlenose dolphins Tursiops truncatus
2 Bryde's/Sei whales Balaenoptera edeni/borealis
4 Beaked whales' breachings

29th of August 2012
On the way to the chum position:
Together with a flock of about 12 Cory's shearwaters sitting in the water
1 Sooty shearwater Puffinus griseus
1 Manx shearwater Puffinus puffinus
1 Great shearwater Puffinus gravis
Cory's shearwaters Calonectris diomedea
Bulwer's petrels Bulweria bulwerii

On the chum
3 Great shearwater Puffinus gravis
1 Arctic tern Sterna paradisaea
1 Long-tailed skua Stercorarius longicaudus
Cory's shearwaters Calonectris diomedea
Bulwer's petrels Bulweria bulwerii

Bottlenose dolphins Tursiops truncatus
Atlantic Spotted Dolphins Stenella frontalis
Stripped dolphins Stenella coeruleoalba

28th of August 2012
On the way to the chum position:
1 Fea's Petrel Pterodroma feae
1 Pterodroma sp.
Cory's shearwaters Calonectris diomedea
Bulwer's petrels Bulweria bulwerii

On the chum
1 Fea's petrel Pterodroma feae
1 Pterodroma sp.
3 Common terns Sterna hirundo
About 7 'Comic' terns Sterna hirundo/paradisaea
1 Baroli's / Macaronesian shearwater Puffinus baroli
1 Madeira storm-petrel Oceanodroma castro
2 Wilson's storm petrel Oceanites oceanicus
2 Manx shearwaters Puffinus puffinus
Cory's shearwaters Calonectris diomedea
Bulwer's petrels Bulweria bulwerii