This was the slowest pelagic expedition of 2024 in all aspects! Light wind conditions although increasing a little bit every day and quite hot temperatures of air (max around 28ºC) and ocean (between 24º and 25ºC). Maybe these conditions all together scared the seabirds and cetaceans away... Anyway, as usual, Bulwer's Petrel Bulweria bulwerii and Cory's shearwater Calonectris borealis were watched everyday but not such in big numbers as in previous pelagics.
20th July 2024 2024 - 9 to 10 knots of Northern wind and 1 meter NW waves
Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
2 Common tern Sterna hirundo
2 Zino's Petrel Pterodroma madeira - one on the way back
Manx shearwater Puffinus puffinus puffinus - flew past in a distance
Loggerhead turtle Caretta caretta
19th July 2024 2024 - ENE wind between 4 and 6 knots and NW waves up to 1 meter
3 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
6 Common tern Sterna hirundo
Pterodroma sp. - on the way back, just 3 minutes after leaving the chum. Not good enough view for a positive ID
18th July 2024 2024 - 6 to 7 knots of ENE wind, waves from same direction up to 0.3 meters
6 Desertas/Fea's Petrel Pterodroma feae/deserta - 5 on the way up
4 Common tern Sterna hirundo - 3 on the way up
Lesser Black-backed gull Larus fuscus
2 European Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus
Pterodroma sp.
13 Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus phaeopus flying southwards
Blainville's beaked whale Mesoplodon densirostris
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