This pelagic started with strong westerly wind and rough ocean and ended up with very light wind but still quite choppy... As usual, Cory's shearwater Calonectris borealis, Bulwer's Petrel Bulweria bulwerii and Manx shearwater Puffinus puffinus puffinus were watched everyday.
3rd June 2022 - 9 knots NNE wind dropping down to 1 knot by 7:00pm. 0.6 meter waves from same direction
Zino's Petrel Pterodroma madeira
Wilson's storm-petrel Oceanites oceanicus
8 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
2nd June 2022 - NE wind between 7 and 10 knots which then dropped to zero and shifted to West up to 5 knots, dropping back to zero by the evening. Southwest swell up to 1.5 meters
2 Fea's Petrel Pterodroma feae/deserta - on the way up
Madeiran storm petrel Oceanodroma castro - a single bird that fed on the chum for about 10 minutes
Great shearwater Puffinus gravis
Zino's Petrel Pterodroma madeira - on the way back
10 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
6 Sperm whale Physeter macrocephalus
1st June 2022 - WNW wind up to 17 knots, 3 meter swell with 1 meter waves
1 Fea's Petrel Pterodroma feae/deserta - only identified by photo
2 Pterodroma sp.
6 Zino's Petrel Pterodroma madeira
Wilson's storm-petrel Oceanites oceanicus
11 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
5 Common tern Sterna hirundo - only 1 on the chumming position
Atlantic Spotted dolphins Stenella frontalis
Bottlenose dolphins Tursiops truncatus
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