The pelagic started with great sightings of Skuas, 2 quick views of Zino's Petrels and then Bulwer's Petrel Bulweria bulwerii and some Cory's shearwater Calonectris borealis eclipsed all other species that we were expecting to observe...
12th of August 2026 - NE wind up to 12 knots and 1 meter waves from same direction
2 Desertas' petrel Pterodroma deserta - on the way up
2 Pterodroma sp. - 2 on the way up
Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
Short-finned Pilot whales Globicephala macrorhynchus
11th of August 2026 - Flat sea, NE wind up to 3 knots
3 Desertas' petrel Pterodroma deserta - 2 on the way up, siting among a flock of Cory’s
Lesser Black-backed gull Larus fuscus
Ruddy turnstone Arenaria interpres
Wilson's Storm-petrel Oceanites oceanicus
Manx shearwater Puffinus puffinus- flew a bit far
Atlantic Spotted dolphins Stenella frontalis
Shortfin mako Isurus oxyrinchus
Common Bottlenose dolphins Tursiops truncatus
Blue shark Prionace glauca
10th of August 2026 NNE wind up to 6 knots. 1 meter NW swell and 0.3 meters N waves
Big group (>30) of what we believe were Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus phaeopus - flying south duirng our ride up to the chumming position
14 Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
2 Desertas' petrel Pterodroma deserta
Pterodroma sp.
6 Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus
2 Lesser Black-backed gull Larus fuscus
2 Zino's Petrel Pterodroma madeira
Common Bottlenose dolphins Tursiops truncatus