Another pelagic expedition with great views of Pterodromas but with no storm petrel at all! Even the numbers of Cory's shearwater Calonectris borealis and Bulwer's Petrel Bulweria bulwerii are not what it used to be! It was 3 great afternoons on the ocean but a bit disappointing when not a single storm petrel pass by...
9th of July 2026 - Shifting wind between N and W from 12 to 2 knots 1 meter short period swell from NW and 0.5 meter wave from N. It was great wind when we arrived then it disappeared and only return by the time we had to leave the chumming position.
3 Desertas' petrel Pterodroma deserta - 1 on the way up
4 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
7 Lesser Black-backed gull Larus fuscus
Common tern Sterna hirundo
Manx shearwater Puffinus puffinus puffinus
Zino's Petrel Pterodroma madeira
Short-finned pilot whale Globicephala macrorhynchus
Common Bottlenose dolphins Tursiops truncatus
8th of July 2026 - WNW wind between 7 and 10 knots
2 Desertas' petrel Pterodroma deserta - 1 on the way up
21 Common tern Sterna hirundo - 7 on the way up
11 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
13 Manx shearwater Puffinus puffinus puffinus
Lesser Black-backed gull Larus fuscus
3 Zino's Petrel Pterodroma madeira
Bryde's whale Balaenoptera edeni
Common Bottlenose dolphins Tursiops truncatus
7th of July 2026 - WNW wind between 4 and 7 knots. Flat sea with a long period swell of 0.7 meters
2 Pterodroma sp. - 1 on the way up, too far to ID and 1 on the chumming position, first identified as Zino's but watching the photos it raised a few questions and was a very difficult bird to ID.
Balearic shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus - sitting, on the way up to the chumming position
22 Manx shearwater Puffinus puffinus puffinus - 1 siting together with the Balearic shearwater
12 Common tern Sterna hirundo
9 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
2 Lesser Black-backed gull Larus fuscus