Indeed, this pelagic was not so good for seabirds but was amazing for marine mammals! We observed more species of cetaceans than birds and we even watched the rare Mediterranean Monk Seal... That's how wild life watching is!
18th July
Cory's shearwaters Calonectris diomedea
Bulwer's Petrels Bulweria bulwerii
3 Fea's/Desertas petrel Pterodroma feae/deserta
3 Common tern Sterna hirundo
Beaked whales Mesoplodon sp. breaching far away
Short-beaked common dolphins Delphinus delphis
2 probable Bryde's whale Balaenoptera edeni
17th July
Cory's shearwaters Calonectris diomedea
Bulwer's Petrels Bulweria bulwerii
2 Yellow-legged gull Larus michahellis
1 Manx shearwater Puffinus puffinus
Mediterranean Monk seal Monachus monachus
Atlantic Spotted dolphins Stenella frontalis
Blue shark Prionace glauca
16th July
Cory's shearwaters Calonectris diomedea
Bulwer's Petrels Bulweria bulwerii
7 Fea's/Desertas petrels Pterodroma feae/deserta - 3 on the way and 4 at chum
1 Pterodroma sp.
3 Great skuas flying together
2 Yellow-legged gull
2 Madeiran storm-petrels Oceanodroma castro
Short-finned pilot whale Globicephala macrorhynchus
Bottlenose dolphins Tursiops truncatus
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