We sure hope so!! This was a very rough pelagic expedition but with most Madeira breeding seabird species well observed! We even postponed 1 day to get smoother conditions but we finally we got back the White-faced storm petrel that feeds in the chum slick for a good while! We have not seen that behaviour for more than 5 years!
25th June 2024 - Northern wind between 7 and 9 knots. NNE waves up to 1 meter.
3 Desertas/Fea's Petrel Pterodroma feae/deserta
White-faced storm petrel Pelagodroma marina hypoleuca
2 Madeiran Storm Petrel Oceanodroma castro
Loggerhead turtle Caretta caretta
23rd June 2024 - NNE wind between 10 and 12 knots with gusts up to 16 knots. Waves from the east up to 1.2 meters
2 European Storm petrel Hydrobates pelagicus
5 Desertas/Fea's Petrel Pterodroma feae/deserta
White-faced storm petrel Pelagodroma marina hypoleuca
2 Pterodroma sp.
Manx shearwater Puffinus puffinus puffinus
2 Zino's Petrel Pterodroma madeira - both at the same time on the chum
Madeiran Storm Petrel Oceanodroma castro
22nd June 2024 - Northern wind between 8 and 11 knots and waves from same direction up to 2 meters
2 Desertas/Fea's Petrel Pterodroma feae/deserta - 1 on the way up
Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
8 Common tern Sterna hirundo
2 Pterodroma sp.
2 European Storm petrel Hydrobates pelagicus
3 Zino's Petrel Pterodroma madeira - 2 at the same time on the chum and 1 on the way back
4 Lesser black-backed gull Larus fuscus
2 Manx shearwater Puffinus puffinus puffinus
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