A hardcore pelagic with oblivious participants makes us worry more about the birdwatchers safety and the equipment safeguard than the birdwatching itself... Cory's shearwater Calonectris borealis and Bulwer's Petrel Bulweria bulwerii were present everyday but this time no storm petrel were watched. Though seabirds migration has started as some different species have passed by the chum!
5th August 2022 - 18 knots decreasing to 8 knots in the evening of NE wind and 1 meter waves from same direction
Fea's Petrel Pterodroma feae/deserta
2 Common tern Sterna hirundo
Lesser Black-backed gull Larus fuscus graellsii
3 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
Atlantic spotted dolphins Stenella frontalis
Loggerhead turtle Caretta caretta
4th August 2022 - 14 to 16 knots of North wind with 1.5 meter waves from NE
14 Fea's Petrel Pterodroma feae/deserta - 6 on the way up
7 Pterodroma sp. - 3 on the way up
2 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
3 Common tern Sterna hirundo
7 Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus - 2 juvenile dark morph
2 Arctic tern Sterna paradisaea
Atlantic spotted dolphins Stenella frontalis
3rd August 2022 - NNE wind between 6 and 8 knots, 2 meter swell from Northeast
Great shearwater Puffinus gravis
Manx shearwater Puffinus puffinus puffinus
Northern Gannet Morus bassanus
Lesser Black-backed gull Larus fuscus intermedius
Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
6 Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus
3 Common tern Sterna hirundo
Zino's Petrel Pterodroma madeira
Atlantic spotted dolphins Stenella frontalis
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