St. Peter's pelagic feast - 28th-30th June 2023

While in land most seaside villages were celebrating the Saint Peter's feast, in the ocean we had a great feast with seabirds beating the record number of Procellariiformes seen in 1 day and also in a pelagic expedition! The ocean was rough and the wind kept increasing each day but that is what the seabirds most like! As usual, Cory's shearwater Calonectris borealis and Bulwer's Petrel Bulweria bulwerii were present everyday.

30th June 2023 - Northeast wind up to 17 knots, swell from East-northeast up to 2 meters and north waves up to 1 meter
7 Desertas / Fea's Petrel Pterodroma feae/deserta - 1 on the way up
2 Pterodroma sp. - both on the way up
3 Manx shearwater Puffinus puffinus puffinus - 2 on the way up
10 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
Lesser Black-backed gull Larus fuscus
Great shearwater Puffinus gravis
2 Common tern Sterna hirundo
9 Zino's Petrel Pterodroma madeira - 3 on the way up

29th June 2023 - Northeast wind up to 12 knots, 2 meter swell from north.
2 Pterodroma sp. - on the way up
2 Madeiran storm petrel Oceanodroma castro
6 Desertas / Fea's Petrel Pterodroma feae/deserta
Wilson's Storm-petrel Oceanites oceanicus
3 Zino's Petrel Pterodroma madeira
8 Common tern Sterna hirundo
9 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
3 Manx shearwater Puffinus puffinus puffinus
Lesser Black-backed gull Larus fuscus
European storm petrel Hydrobates pelagicus

28th June 2023 - Northeast wind up started with 12 knots and went up to 16 knots and waves from same direction up to 1.5 meters
3 Desertas / Fea's Petrel Pterodroma feae/deserta - 2 on the way up, flew around the boat quite close
Pterodroma sp. - on the way up, too far to ID
Red-billed Tropicbird Phaethon aethereus
3 Manx shearwater Puffinus puffinus puffinus
Sooty shearwater Puffinus griseus
2 Lesser Black-backed gull Larus fuscus
Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
Great shearwater Puffinus gravis
8 Madeiran storm petrel Oceanodroma castro
2 White-faced Storm petrel Pelagodroma marina hypoleuca
Wilson's Storm-petrel Oceanites oceanicus