A very smooth pelagic expedition which turned out good for Pterodromas, for non local storm petrels and other marine vertebrates but not so much for the Madeira breeding storm petrel species... Cory's shearwater Calonectris borealis and Bulwer's Petrel Bulweria bulwerii were observed everyday.
20th of June 2026 - 6 knots SW wind. NE swell up to 0.5 meter
4 Desertas' petrel Pterodroma deserta - 1 on the way up
Pterodroma sp - on the way up
6 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
Lesser Black-backed gull Larus fuscus
Approx. 10 Manx shearwater Puffinus puffinus puffinus
Zino's Petrel Pterodroma madeira
Wilson's Storm-petrel Oceanites oceanicus
4 Common tern Sterna hirundo
Short-beaked common dolphin Delphinus delphis
2 Loggerhead turtle Caretta caretta
19th of June 2026 - 4 knots of west wind and flat sea
European Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus - on the way up
Lesser Black-backed gull Larus fuscus
2 Desertas' petrel Pterodroma deserta
Wilson's Storm-petrel Oceanites oceanicus
3 Loggerhead turtle Caretta caretta
Pilot fish Naucrates ductor
Common Dolphinfish Coryphaena hippurus
18th of June 2026 - NW wind between 4 and 7 knots. NE swell up to 1 meter
2 Desertas' petrel Pterodroma deserta - 1 sitting on the water on the way up
>20 Manx shearwater Puffinus puffinus puffinus - 1 on the way up
13 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
Lesser Black-backed gull Larus fuscus
25 Common tern Sterna hirundo
Common Bottlenose dolphins Tursiops truncatus
Bryde’s whale Balaenoptera edeni
Sperm whale Physeter macrocephalus
Shortfin mako shark Isurus oxyrinchus