Another great Pterodroma pelagic expedition! - 25th to 27th June 2019

Another great Zino's Petrel Pelagic Expedition for Pterodromas though not so great for storm petrels as in previous years we did get a few different species of these small petrels and also week for cetaceans... Anyway, the views of Zino's and Fea's Petrels were really good and we even got the 2 species at the same time flying over the chumming slick on the 1st day! As usual, Cory's shearwater Calonectris borealis and Bulwer's Petrel Bulweria bulwerii were present everyday.

25th of June 2019 - Northwest wind up to 10 knots and swell from same direction up to 1.5 meters
3 Pterodroma sp. - 2 on the way up and 1 close to the chumming position
2 Common Tern Sterna hirundo
8 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
2 Zino's Petrel Pterodroma madeira
2 Fea's Petrel Pterodroma feae/deserta
Manx shearwater Puffinus puffinus puffinus
Great skua Stercorarius skua

26th of June 2019 - NW wind up to 15 knots and NW waves up to 1.5 meters
1 Fea’s Petrel and 1 Pterodroma sp. on the way to the chumming position
Barolo’s shearwater Puffinus baroli - flew across the bow a bit distant
Fea's Petrel Pterodroma feae/deserta
4 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii
Wilson's Storm-petrel Oceanites oceanicus - a very brief visit to the chum slick

Bryde’s whale Balaenoptera edeni

27th of June 2019 - NW wind up to 13 knots and same direction waves up to 1 meter
8 Manx shearwater Puffinus puffinus puffinus
Zino's Petrel Pterodroma madeira
2 Pterodroma sp.
6 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
2 Lesser black-backed gull Larus fuscus
5 Common Tern Sterna hirundo
3 Madeiran Storm Petrel Oceanodroma castro - only showed after declared the ‘Last drift of the day/pelagic!’

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