This time was a bit too calm for seabirds which should have been good for cetaceans but those decided to go on holidays somewhere else! The first 2 days were really 'too' calm while on the 3rd day we got some good wind but not enough to attract the Madeiran storm petrel or the now rare White-faced Storm petrel... Anyway, it was a relaxing trip with very good views of Pterodromas and our usual ocean companions: Cory's shearwater Calonectris borealis and Bulwer's Petrel Bulweria bulwerii.
21st June 2025 - WSW wind between 4 and 7 knots then shifting to NE wind up to 11 knots. Westerly swell 1.5 meters and then 0.5 meter wind waves from NE
Pomarine or Arctic Skua pursuing a Pterodroma sp.
2 Lesser Black-backed gull Larus fuscus
5 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
2 Zino's Petrel Pterodroma madeira
Scopoli's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea
Desertas/Fea's Petrel Pterodroma feae/deserta
2 European Storm petrel Hydrobates pelagicus
Wilson's Storm-petrel Oceanites oceanicus - a brief view by some of the participants
Common tern Sterna hirundo
3 Manx shearwater Puffinus puffinus puffinus - all on the way back
20th June 2025 - NW wind between 5 and 7 knts. Western waves up to 1 meter
7 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
2 Pterodroma sp. - 1 on the way back
2 Lesser Black-backed gull Larus fuscus
2 Common tern Sterna hirundo
3 Manx shearwater Puffinus puffinus puffinus
Zino's Petrel Pterodroma madeira on the way back but flew quite close to the boat
19th June 2025 - NW wind between 0 and 4 knots. Flat sea
2 Common tern Sterna hirundo
4 Desertas/Fea's Petrel Pterodroma feae/deserta
Lesser Black-backed gull Larus fuscus
Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
4 Beaked whales Mesoplodon sp.