First 2021's Zino's Petrel Pelagic - May 26th, 27th and 28th

Finally we are back to the ocean to look for some of the rarest seabirds in Western Palearctic! Cory's shearwater Calonectris borealis and Bulwer's petrel Bulweria bulwerii are a constant on the 3 days pelagic. Despite the record being 10 birds at the chumming position on the 28th of June 2016, on the 1st day of this pelagic we had great views of 6 Zino's Petrel which is above average!

26th May 2021 - NNE wind up to 13 knots and northern waves up to 2 meters
2 Common Tern Sterna hirundo
> 15 Manx shearwater Puffinus puffinus
6 Zino's Petrel Pterodroma madeira - 2 birds at the same time on the chum
4 Pterodroma sp. - 2 flew by too fast on the chumming position and 2 on the way back
4 European Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus
8 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis

Loggerhead turtle Caretta caretta
Common Bottlenose dolphins Tursiops truncatus

27th May 2021 - Northern wind between 15 and 5 knots, waves from same direction up to 0.7 meter
Zino's Petrel Pterodroma madeira
Fea's Petrel Pterodroma feae/deserta
2 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
Great Skua Stercorarius skua
Wilson's Storm-petrel Oceanites oceanicus
European Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus
2 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis

Atlantic Spotted dolphins Stenella frontalis - only juveniles

29th May 2021 - we skipped a day in order to get better wind for storm petrels! And we did get northeast wind up to 20 knots and waves from same direction up to 1.2 meters which left us all wet but with a happy smile!
Common Tern Sterna hirundo
Pterodroma sp.
5 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus
European Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus
3 Madeiran storm petrel Oceanodroma castro - 2 at the same time on the chum slick
Fea's Petrel Pterodroma feae/deserta
2 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
Zino's Petrel Pterodroma madeira - on the way back

Loggerhead Turtle Caretta caretta