Fortunately the wind, ocean and general conditions improved and this pelagic was another successful one with Bulwer's Petrel Bulweria bulwerii and Cory's shearwater Calonectris borealis watched everyday and most of the other breeding seabirds also being attracted to the chum!
27th July 2024 - 2 to 5 knots of west wind which after 1 hour shifted to NE between 8 and 10 knots. Northeast waves up to 1 meter
3 Desertas/Fea's Petrel Pterodroma feae/deserta - 1 on the way up
Pterodroma sp. - 1 on the way up
6 Common tern Sterna hirundo
White-faced storm petrel Pelagodroma marina hypoleuca
26th July 2024 - 12 to 14 knots of Northeast wind and waves from same quadrant up to 1.5 meters.
Grey Heron Ardea cinerea - just as we left Machico marina
11 Desertas/Fea's Petrel Pterodroma feae/deserta - 2 on the way up
Common tern Sterna hirundo
3 Pterodroma sp.
Madeiran Storm Petrel Oceanodroma castro
Barolo’s shearwater Puffinus baroli - as usual, flew across the end of the chum slick a bit distant
Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus - a juvenile flying past on the way back
Short-finned Pilot whales Globicephala macrorhynchus
Bottlenose dolphins Tursiops truncatus
25th July 2024 - Northern wind between 6 snd 10 knots. Waves from same direction between 1 and 1.5 meters
Desertas/Fea's Petrel Pterodroma feae/deserta - 1 on the way up
3 Zino's Petrel Pterodroma madeira - 1 on the way up
3 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
2 Common tern Sterna hirundo
2 Pterodroma sp.
Lesser Black-backed gull Larus fuscus
Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla - we searched for it at Caniçal harbour, on the way back
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