Finally the 1st pelagic expedition of 2020! August 2-4

After the cancellation of several Zino's Petrel Pelagic Expedition due to the coronavirus situation, we were finally able to welcome the 9 participants for the 1st Zino's Petrel Pelagic Expedition of 2020! Expectations were quite high and although we missed White-faced Storm Petrel we did get a few interesting species, beyond Cory's shearwater and Bulwer's Petrel which were present everyday:

4th of August 2020 - wind blowing from the northeast up to 15 knots and waves from same direction up to 1 meter
Fea's Petrel Pterodroma feae/deserta - on the way up
Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus puffinus - on the way to the chumming position
Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
5 Common Tern Sterna hirundo
2 Wilson's Storm-petrel Oceanites oceanicus
Madeiran Storm Petrel Oceanodroma castro

Loggerhead turtle Caretta caretta

3rd of August 2020 - Northeast wind up to 11 knots and 2 meters waves from NE
3 Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus
3 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
2 Zino's Petrel Pterodroma madeira
3 Pterodroma sp. - 2 of them on the return ride, not close enough for a definite identification.
Common Tern Sterna hirundo
2 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus puffinus

Atlantic spotted dolphin Stenella frontalis

2nd of August 2020 - Wind up to 12 knots from the NE and 1.5 meter waves from same direction
On the way up:
4 Fea's Petrel Pterodroma feae/deserta
Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus puffinus
Common Tern Sterna hirundo

By the chumming position:
Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
Wilson's Storm-petrel Oceanites oceanicus
Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus puffinus

Atlantic spotted dolphin Stenella frontalis