4th Zino's Petrel Pelagic 2011

Another great pelagic with displays of dolphins and Storm-petrels. Finishing with a bully Great Skua.



June 6, 2011;
5 Fea's Petrel Pterodroma fea (2 on route + 3 at chumming position for a while)
3 Zino's Petrel Pterodroma madeira (3 in chum area)
1 White-faced Storm-petrel Pelagodroma marina
4 European Storm-petrel Hydrobates pelagicus
1 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
Several Bulwer's Petrels Bulweria bulwerii, Cory's Shearwaters Calonectris diomedea borealis, Manx Shearwaters Puffinus puffinus
4 Pterodromas (1 on route + 3 on the way back)
1 Great Skua Stercorarius skua on the way back
Common Bottlenose dolphins Tursiops truncatus



June 7, 2011
6 Pterodromas (3 on route + 3 at position)
4 Fea's Petrel Pterodroma feae (4 in position)
2 Zino's Petrel Pterodroma madeira (2 in position)
2 Madeira Storm-petrel Oceanodroma castro
2 European Storm-petrel Hydrobates pelagicus
1 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
1 Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
Common Bottlenose dolphins Tursiops truncatus
Atlantic Spotted Dolphin Stenella frontalis
Blue Shark Prionace glauca



June 8, 2011
4 Pterodromas on the way
Great Skua Stercorarius skua
2 Sabine's gulls Xema sabini
1 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
1 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus