This time the ocean conditions did not help with the number of birds or bird species... It was a strange pelagic expedition with much less numbers of Bulwer's Petrel Bulweria bulwerii and Cory's shearwater Calonectris borealis but also small numbers of species seen. We even only got 1 Yellow-legged gull on the chum during the 3 afternoons!
28th July 2023 - we started with 9 knots of north wind which decreased to 4 knots and 0.5 meter waves from NNE
3 Desertas / Fea's Petrel Pterodroma feae/deserta - 1 on the way to the chumming position
Common tern Sterna hirundo
Wilson's Storm-petrel Oceanites oceanicus
Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
27th July 2023 - Northern wind between 10 and 14 knots and 1 meter waves from NNE
5 Desertas / Fea's Petrel Pterodroma feae/deserta - 1 on the way up
Common tern Sterna hirundo
26th July 2023 - 6 knots of Northwest wind and 1 meter large swell from north
2 Desertas / Fea's Petrel Pterodroma feae/deserta - 1 on the way up
Pterodroma sp.
Manx shearwater Puffinus puffinus puffinus
Zino's Petrel Pterodroma madeira
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