A pelagic with very light wind is always more difficult to watch the seabirds than when there is good wind to blow the smell of the chum in a distance. Also, seabirds are lazzy and when there is no wind to help them glide they just sit on the ocean surface. So, we had very challenging conditions on these 3 consecutive afternoons and only by the very end of the expedition (i.e. after 21:00) we got to watch Zino's Petrel and Madeiran Storm petrel!
23rd of July 2019 - North wind up to 8 knots and northeast waves up to 0.5 meters, not so bad conditions though...
Cory's shearwater Calonectris borealis
Bulwer's Petrel Bulweria bulwerii
3 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
3 Loggerhead turtles Caretta caretta
24th of July 2019 - Flat sea and westerly wind up to 4 knots
Cory's shearwater Calonectris borealis
Bulwer's Petrel Bulweria bulwerii
4 Fea's Petrel Pterodroma feae/deserta - 3 on the way up and 1 on the chumming position
7 Common Tern Sterna hirundo
Atlantic spotted dolphins Stenella frontalis
Loggerhead turtle Caretta caretta
25th of July 2019 - Flat sea, it looked like a lake/mirror when we started the ride but then wind developed a little bit, from 0 to 8 knots from Northwest
Cory's shearwater Calonectris borealis
Bulwer's Petrel Bulweria bulwerii
Group of about 10 Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus phaeopus - flying southeastwards
Manx shearwater Puffinus puffinus puffinus - far away
2 Madeiran Storm Petrel Oceanodroma castro - 1 a bit far and only watched by some and then the 2nd close to the boat
Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
Zino's Petrel Pterodroma madeira
3 Loggerhead turtles Caretta caretta
Atlantic spotted dolphins Stenella frontalis
2 Flying fish
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