Zino's Petrel Pelagic Expedition - 17th to 19th June 2014

Another pelagic went by and though not so many seabird species were seen as on the previous pelagic by end of May 2014, there were good numbers and high quality sightings of Zino's Petrels and Fea's Petrels and also a good number of cetacean species!

As usual, Cory's shearwater Calonectris borealis and Bulwer's petrel Bulweria bulwerii were seen everyday, not only on the way to the chumming position as on the chum slick.

19th June 2014
Sooty shearwater Puffinus griseus - on the way to the chumming position within a flock of Cory's shearwaters
Great shearwater Puffinus gravis
2 Zino's petrel Pterodroma madeira
2 Fea's petrel Pterodroma feae / Pterodroma deserta
2 Pterodroma sp.

2 Loggerhead Turtle Caretta caretta
Atlantic Spotted Dolphins Stenella frontalis
6 Sperm Whales Physeter macrocephalus

18th June 2014
Fea's Petrel Pterodroma feae / Pterodroma deserta
Great shearwater Puffinus gravis
3 Pterodroma sp.
White-faced Storm Petrel Pelagodroma marina hypoleuca
Manx shearwater Puffinus puffinus puffinus

Short-beaked Common Dolphin Delphinus delphis
Beaked Whale - possible male Cuvier's Beaked Whale Ziphius cavirostris
Stripped Dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba
2 Bryde's whale Balaenoptera edeni

17th June 2014
Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii - outside Machico harbour
Pterodroma sp - on the way to the chum position
7 Zino's Petrel Pterodroma madeira
Fea's Petrel Pterodroma feae / Pterodroma deserta
2 White-faced Storm Petrel Pelagodroma marina hypoleuca
Madeiran Storm Petrel Oceanodroma castro
2 Common Tern Sterna hirundo

Common Bottlenose Dolphins Tursiops truncatus