Rough oceanic pelagic expedition - 22nd to 24th June 2021

Quite choppy sea and some good wind made these 3 consecutive afternoons quite tiring but also rewarding! We definitely understood that seabirds love the choppy ocean that make these trips hard/tiring for birdwatchers. Again, Cory's shearwater Calonectris borealis and Bulwer's petrel Bulweria bulwerii were the most common species in all three days.

22nd of June 2021 - North wind between 9 and 7 knots, swell up to 1.5 meters from north as well.
7 Manx shearwater Puffinus puffinus
2 Common Tern Sterna hirundo - on the way up
2 Pterodroma sp. - on the way up
Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
5 Zino's Petrel Pterodroma madeira - 2 on the way back
3 Wilson's Storm-petrel Oceanites oceanicus

Short-beaked Common dolphin Delphinus delphis
Atlantic Spotted Dolphins Stenella frontalis

23rd of June 2021 - Northeast wind up to 17 knots, waves from same direction up to 1.3 mt
3 Pterodroma sp. - on the way up
Wilson's Storm-petrel Oceanites oceanicus
5 Fea's Petrel Pterodroma feae/deserta - after checking the photos, 1 might have been a Zino's...
Madeiran Storm Petrel Oceanodroma castro - only 1 but very well observed!
4 Common Tern Sterna hirundo
10 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii
3 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus

Atlantic Spotted Dolphins Stenella frontalis
Loggerhead turtle Caretta caretta

24th of June 2021 - North wind up to 8 knots, 1.5 meter swell from northwest and 0.5 meter waves from north
Fea's Petrel Pterodroma feae/deserta - 1 on the way up
Wilson's Storm-petrel Oceanites oceanicus
9 Manx shearwater Puffinus puffinus
European Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus
2 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis

Beaked whale - surfing a wave underwater...