Madeira deep sea pelagic - 24th to 26th of May 2017

Strange weather conditions during these 3 days and although it took a while we manage to see a few seabirds' species. Northwesterly winds are not so common in Madeira and it made this pelagic uncommon as well but at the end quite successful! Of course, Cory's shearwater Calonectris borealis and Bulwer's Petrel Bulweria bulwerii were observed everyday in big numbers.

24th May 2017 - Northwesterly wind up to 10 knots with waves from the same quadrant up to 0.5 meters
4 European Storm petrel Hydrobates pelagicus
15 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
1 Manx shearwater Puffinus puffinus puffinus on the way up

25th May 2017 - 1st hour chumming no wind at all, after that a West wind started to blow up to 6 knots, waves from NW up to 0.5 meters
1 Manx shearwater Puffinus puffinus puffinus on the way up
>10 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
1 Lesser black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
Sabine's gull Xema sabini
Barolo's shearwater Puffinus baroli - was feeding far from the chum slick but allowed good views at a reasonable distance with binoculars though too far for photos
1 Fea's Petrel Pterodroma feae/deserta - flew a bit to fast for our wishes but enough for a positive ID

Shot-finned pilot whales
Bottlenose dolphins
Atlantic Spotted dolphins

Loggerhead turtle

26th May 2017 - Again, Northwest wind between 6 & 8 knots. Waves up to 0.5 meters from NW and a Northerly swell up to 1.5 meters
Wilson's storm-petrel Oceanites oceanicus
2 Zino's Petrel Pterodroma madeira - 1 at the chum and 1 on the way back
3 White-faced Storm Petrel Pelagodroma marina hypoleuca
Leach's Storm-petrel Oceanodroma leucorhoa
European Storm petrel Hydrobates pelagicus

Loggerhead turtle