Pterodromas pelagic expedition - 19th to 22nd June 2019

A Zino's Petrel Pelagic Expedition with very light winds which is not the best conditions to watch seabirds... So in order to get the most of it we had to postpone one of the days to get some stronger winds. It ended up as a very good pelagic for petrels though not so good for storm-petrels. Cory's shearwater Calonectris borealis and Bulwer's Petrel Bulweria bulwerii are the guaranteed species everyday.

19th of June 2019 - no more than 4 knots of wind from NW for most of the afternoon and northwest waves up to 0.5 meters

6 Manx shearwater Puffinus puffinus puffinus - 5 on the way up and 1 on the chum slick
8 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
White-faced Storm Petrel Pelagodroma marina hypoleuca - flew by a bit far from the chum
3 Common Tern Sterna hirundo
Then, on the way back we watched:
1 probable Fea's Petrel Pterodroma feae/deserta
1 Zino's Petrel Pterodroma madeira
1 Pterodroma sp.
10 Manx shearwater Puffinus puffinus puffinus

Short-beaked Common dolphin Delphinus delphis

20th of June 2019 - North wind up to 10 knots and northerly waves up to 0.5 meters
4 Pterodroma sp. - on the way up, too far for a positive ID
2 Fea's Petrel Pterodroma feae/deserta - on the way up
>30 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
12 Common Tern Sterna hirundo
7 Manx shearwater Puffinus puffinus puffinus
Great shearwater Puffinus gravis - flew by the boat but kept on going southwards
2 Fea's Petrel Pterodroma feae/deserta
Zino's Petrel Pterodroma madeira - on the way back

Short-finned pilot whales Globicephala macrorhynchus

22nd of June 2019 - west wind up to 15 knots & northwest wind waves up to 1 meter - quite choppy
>10 Fea's Petrel Pterodroma feae/deserta - feeding on the chum slick on the 1st chumming position
4 Manx shearwater Puffinus puffinus puffinus
3 Common Tern Sterna hirundo
3 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
2 Zino's Petrel Pterodroma madeira - on the 2nd chumming position

1 Pterodroma sp. - on the way back

3 Sperm whales Physeter macrocephalus