Another very successful pelagic with all the aimed bird species observed and even some surprises! The weather forecasts were for the wind to drop a bit for the 2nd and 3rd days but it didn't really happened. So we got some rough seas though the size of the boat (11 meters) and the shock-mitigation seats made them very bearable and the species observed compensate the tiring (not hurt!) muscles! Again, Cory's shearwater Calonectris borealis and Bulwer's Petrel Bulweria bulwerii were species present everyday though in some areas more than others!
28th of May 2019 - NE wind up to 13 knots and NNE swell up to 2 meters but with a relatively large period
2 Pterodroma sp. - on the way to the chumming position
2 Manx shearwater Puffinus puffinus puffinus
Great Skua Stercorarius skua
14 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
3 Lesser Black-backed gull Larus fuscus
3 European Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus
3 Fea's Petrel Pterodroma feae/deserta
3 Zino's Petrel Pterodroma madeira
2 Common Tern Sterna hirundo
Short-beaked Common dolphin Delphinus delphis
29th of May 2019 - N wind up to 14 knots, NE waves up to 1.5 meters
3 Manx shearwater Puffinus puffinus puffinus
7 Madeiran Storm Petrel Oceanodroma castro
Sabine's Gull Xema sabini
2 Common Tern Sterna hirundo
2 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
Fea's Petrel Pterodroma feae/deserta
White-faced Storm Petrel Pelagodroma marina hypoleuca
Loggerhead turtle Caretta caretta
Short-beaked Common dolphin Delphinus delphis
29th of May 2019 - north wind up to 17 knots, waves from the same direction up to 1.7 meters
3 Pterodroma sp. - on the way to the chumming position
Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus
Common Tern Sterna hirundo
>18 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
Great Skua Stercorarius skua
2 Fea's Petrel Pterodroma feae/deserta
Wilson's Storm-petrel Oceanites oceanicus
Madeiran Storm Petrel Oceanodroma castro
Common Bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus
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