The ocean started rough and ended up flat but storm-petrels only showed when it was flat and late in the evening... Cory's shearwater Calonectris borealis and Bulwer's Petrel Bulweria bulwerii and Manx shearwater Puffinus puffinus puffinus were the species entertaining us during the long wait.
18th June 2022 - North wind between 9 and 3 knots, waves 0.5 meters from same direction
3 Fea's Petrel Pterodroma feae/deserta - 1 on the way up
4 Pterodroma sp.
2 Madeiran storm petrel Oceanodroma castro - both at 9:20 pm
Lesser Black-backed gull Larus fuscus
5 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
Atlantic Spotted dolphins Stenella frontalis
17th June 2022 - NE wind up to 15 knots and waves up to 1.2 meters
7 Pterodroma sp. - all too far to ID
2 Common tern Sterna hirundo
3 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
Barolo's shearwater Puffinus baroli - flew across the bow when moving up to the chum slick
European conger Conger conger - a black fish (not usual the color), dead with Cory’s and Bulwer’s feeding from it
16th June 2022 - NW wind between 10 and 14 knots, 1.5 meters swell from same direction
6 Zino's Petrel Pterodroma madeira - 2 on the way back
Great shearwater Puffinus gravis
2 Common tern Sterna hirundo
2 Pterodroma sp.
>20 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
Atlantic Spotted dolphins Stenella frontalis
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