Although the wind conditions were quite good it seemed the bird species changed the areas where they usually are around... On the first 2 days we could not watch a proper Zino's Petrel with some light but enough wind on the North side of the island and on the 3rd day, with quite strong wind we could not find storm petrels but had a very displayable Zino's Petrel instead! If it weren't the good numbers of Bulwer's Petrel Bulweria bulwerii and Cory's shearwater Calonectris borealis it would have been a bit boring!
2nd August 2024 - NNE wind between 15 and 18 knots. 1.5 meter waves from the east
8 Desertas/Fea's Petrel Pterodroma feae/deserta - 4 on the way up
5 Pterodroma sp. - 3 on the way up
Zino's Petrel Pterodroma madeira
Common tern Sterna hirundo
Short finned pilot whales Globicephala macrorhynchus
1st August 2024 - 6 to 8 knots of North wind. NE waves up to 0.7 meters
2 Desertas/Fea's Petrel Pterodroma feae/deserta - 2 on the way up
4 Pterodroma sp. - 4 on the way up
4 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
10 Arctic tern Sterna paradisaea - flying high up
2 Common tern Sterna hirundo
Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus - it was a bit far but was attacking some terns in a group of Cory's shearwater, Yellow-legged gulls and Common and Arctic terns
Lesser Black-backed gull Larus fuscus
Probable Zino's Petrel Pterodroma madeira - on the way back. It looked small but it was too quick and dark for a certain ID
31st July 2024 - 5 to 7 knots of North wind and 0.5 meter waves from NE
Pterodroma sp. - 1 on the way up
2 Lesser Black-backed gull Larus fuscus
4 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
Barolo’s shearwater Puffinus baroli - flew past by the chum slick
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