May 2014 Zino's Pelagic Expedition Report

2014 Madeira pelagic expeditions started with a long list of seabirds seen! 17 species of marine birds and 3 species of cetaceans were observed during the 3 days of Wind Birds' ocean adventures! Cory's shearwater Calonectris borealis, Manx shearwater Puffinus puffinus puffinus Bulwer's petrel Bulweria bulwerii and Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis were seen in good number on all pelagic trips, together with the following special seabirds:

29th May 2014
Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
2 Zino's Petrel Pterodroma madeira
White-faced Storm Petrel Pelagodroma marina hypoleuca
Leach's Storm Petrel Oceanodroma leucorhoa
Wilson's Storm Petrel Oceanites oceanicus

Atlantic Spotted Dolphins Stenella frontalis
Common Bottlenose Dolphins Tursiops truncatus

28th May 2014
On the way to chumming position
Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus
Great Skua Stercorarius skua
Pterodroma sp. - too distant to ID
Fea's petrel Pterodroma feae / Pterodroma deserta

At chum
2 White-faced Storm Petrel Pelagodroma marina hypoleuca
Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii
Common Tern Sterna hirundo
European Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus
2 Madeiran Storm Petrel Oceanodroma castro
Sabine's Gull Xema sabini

Loggerhead Turtle Caretta caretta
Atlantic Spotted Dolphins Stenella frontalis
Bryde's whale Balaenoptera edeni

27th May 2014
2 White-faced Storm Petrel Pelagodroma marina hypoleuca
4 to 5 European Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus
2 Madeiran Storm Petrel Oceanodroma castro
Wilson's Storm Petrel Oceanites oceanicus
3 Common Tern Sterna hirundo

Atlantic Spotted Dolphins Stenella frontalis
Loggerhead Turtle Caretta caretta