Another light wind pelagic… But the breeze still blown the chum smell further enough to attract the aimed species! and even a 1st record for these pelagic expeditions: Sooty Tern! Again, Bulwer's petrel Bulweria bulwerii and Cory's shearwater Calonectris borealis were present everyday.
1st of July 2021 - Flat sea, only a breeze up to 3 knots from southwest which then shifted to west up to 5 knots
3 Pterodroma sp. - 2 on the way up
9 Common Tern Sterna hirundo
Fea's Petrel Pterodroma feae/deserta sitting within a raft of Cory’s
Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus - immature
4 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
2 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii
Wilson's Storm-petrel Oceanites oceanicus
Atlantic Spotted Dolphins Stenella frontalis
3rd of July 2021 - NNW wind up to 7 knots and northwest waves up to 0.3 meters
3 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus - 1 on the way up
Wilson's Storm-petrel Oceanites oceanicus
4 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
Zino's Petrel Pterodroma madeira - only 1 bird but an easy one to ID and well observed
Atlantic Spotted Dolphins Stenella frontalis
4th of July 2021 - NE wind up to 11 knots and waves up to 1 meter from same direction
3 Pterodroma sp. - 2 on the way up
2 Fea's Petrel Pterodroma feae/deserta - 1 on the way up
Sooty tern Onychoprion fuscatus
2 Common Tern Sterna hirundo
3 Madeiran Storm Petrel Oceanodroma castro
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