Madeira Pelagics' 2015 Grand Finale

What an ending to 2015 Zino’s Petrel Pelagic Expedition! Despite the light wind which made us postpone the last day we saw it all and very well!
As usual Cory's shearwater Calonectris borealis and Bulwer's Petrel Bulweria bulwerii were always there.

2nd September 2015 - NE Wind up to 8 knots. NE swell up to 1 meter
6 Pterodroma sp. - 5 on the way up. All flew far from the RHIB so not possible to confirm ID
3 Manx shearwater Puffinus puffinus puffinus - on the way up
2 Fea's petrel Pterodroma feae/deserta
2 Wilson's Storm-petrel Oceanites oceanicus

3rd September 2015 - Eastern wind up to 10 knots and swell up to 1 meter
6 Fea's petrel Pterodroma feae/deserta - 1 on the way and all other on the chum
2 Great shearwater Puffinus gravis - 1 on the way
Manx shearwater Puffinus puffinus puffinus - on the way to the pelagic spot
2 Wilson's Storm-petrel Oceanites oceanicus
Zino's Petrel Pterodroma madeira
10 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea

Common Bottlenose Dolphins Tursiops truncatus

5th September 2015 - NW wind up to 15 knots. Swell up to 1 meter from NW.
At Caniçal harbour
Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
Red Knot Calidris canutus
Dunlin Calidris alpina alpina
3 Sanderling Calidris alba
6 Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus

2 Manx shearwater Puffinus puffinus puffinus on the way up

At the chum position
3 European Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus
8 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
Sooty shearwater Puffinus griseus
15 Manx shearwater Puffinus puffinus puffinus
Great shearwater Puffinus gravis
8 Wilson's Storm-petrel Oceanites oceanicus - 6 at the same time on the chum
Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus
Zino's Petrel Pterodroma madeira
2 Madeiran Storm Petrel Oceanodroma castro

3 Loggerhead turtle Caretta caretta - 1 on the way and 2 feeding from the chum block
Atlantic Spotted dolphins Stenella frontalis