The ocean was not soft on us during these 3 afternoons but those are the conditions most Procellariiformes enjoy! And we had great views of all the seabirds described below, plus hundreds of Bulwer's Petrel Bulweria bulwerii and dozens of Cory's shearwater Calonectris borealis everyday.
28th June 2022 - 12 knots of NE winds with 1.5 meters waves from the same direction
Peregrine falcon Falco peregrinus - just outside Machico
3 Pterodroma sp. - 2 on the way up
3 Fea's Petrel Pterodroma feae/deserta
2 Madeiran storm petrel Oceanodroma castro
Manx shearwater Puffinus puffinus puffinus
Wilson's Storm-petrel Oceanites oceanicus
Lesser Black-backed gull Larus fuscus
7 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
27th June 2022 - 12 knots of NE wind with 1 meter waves from the same direction
4 Pterodroma sp. - 3 on the way up
2 Zino's Petrel Pterodroma madeira
2 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
Lesser Black-backed gull Larus fuscus
European Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus
2 Fea's Petrel Pterodroma feae/deserta - 1 on the way up
2 Manx shearwater Puffinus puffinus puffinus
Atlantic Spotted dolphins Stenella frontalis
26th June 2022 - NE wind between 6 and 8 knots and 1.3 meter NE swell
3 Pterodroma sp. - on the way up
2 Fea's Petrel Pterodroma feae/deserta - on the way up
13 Manx shearwater Puffinus puffinus puffinus - 4 on the way up
Common tern Sterna hirundo
17 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
Lesser Black-backed gull Larus fuscus
Zino's Petrel Pterodroma madeira
Portuguese man-of-war Physalia physalis
Atlantic Spotted dolphins Stenella frontalis
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