Birdwatch magazine voted Birding Africa, which includes
Cape Town Pelagics and Cape Birding route, as one of the
top
5 most recommended bird tour companies in the world.
(See www.birdingafrica.com
for more survey details.)
News
23 April: New
trip report from Easter 9 April by Cape Town Pelagics
guide Cliff Dorse: thousands of birds including
astounding numbers of Storm Petrels
23 April: Two last spaces are
available this weekend 28/29 April with Cape Town Pelagics.
To join, please contact info@capetownpelagics.com or phone
021 531 9148.
3 April: New
trip report from 1 April by Cape Town Pelagics guide
Dalton Gibbs: hundreds of Wilson’s
Storm Petrels
30 March: Last two spaces available on the Cape Town Pelagics
trip of 8 April, Easter Sunday. To join, please contact
info@capetownpelagics.com or phone 021 531 9148.
29 March: New
trip report from 17 March by Cape Town Pelagics guide
Dalton Gibbs: Flesh-footed Shearwater and
hundreds of European and Wilson’s
Storm-petrels
6 March: New trip
report from 3 March by Cape Town Pelagics guide Dalton
Gibbs: two Spectacled Petrels,
17 pelagic species and a close basking
sunfish.
5 March: New trip
report from 26 February by Cape Town Pelagics guide
Dalton: 13 pelagic species and Sperm Whale.
26 February: New trip date: Thursday 8 March. See our calendar
and plan your next trip with Cape Town Pelagics.
23 February: New trip
report from 17 February: Cape Town Pelagics guide Dalton
Gibbs reports 16 pelagic species, with many summer visitors
such as Manx Shearwater,
Long-tailed Jaeger and Sabine's
Gull. See the trip report
here.
21 February: The Cape Town Pelagics trip of 12 February
was packed with highlights: Wandering Albatross,
Pomarine Jaeger, Red Phalarope
and more. See the
photographs and
trip report here.
This juvenile Wandering Albatross was seen on the Cape Town
Pelagics trip of Cape
Town Pelagics trip of 12 February 2012 © Jon Hartley.
1 February: Cape Town Pelagics leader Dalton Gibbs shares
some photographs from
the Cape Town Pelagics trip of 29 January: Flesh-footed
Shearwater, Cory's Shearwater,
Common Dolphins and Sabine's Gull.
Read the trip
report here.
This Sabine's Gull was seen on the Cape
Town Pelagics trip of 29 January 2012 © Dalton
Gibbs.
Flesh-footed Shearwater is a local rarity and was seen
on the Cape Town
Pelagics trip of 29 January 2012 © Dalton Gibbs.
25 January: Red Phalaropes:
highlights of the two Cape Town Pelagics trips
that ran on 14 January, led by Dalton Gibbs and Cliff Dorse.
See the trip report.
9 January: Matt Eade of Seaford and Chris
Glanfield sent us these pictures from the Cape
Town Pelagics trip of 12 November. See our blog.
.
29 December: Southern Royal Albatross:
highlight of the Cape Town Pelagics trip on 6 November,
led by Dalton Gibbs. See the trip
report.
29 December: Southern Right Whale and Manx
Shearwater: highlights of the
Cape Town Pelagics trip on 17 December, led by Patrick Cardwell.
See the trip report.
29 December: Kerguelen Petrel:
highlight of the Cape Town Pelagics trip on 12
November, led by Cliff Dorse. This is a superb record of
a very rare bird that many have been hoping to see on pelagic
trips for years! See the trip
report.
29 December: Great-winged Petrel, Parasitic
and Pomarine Jaeger: highlights
of the Cape Town Pelagics trip on 10 November, led by Barrie
Rose. See the trip
report.
29 December: Black-bellied Storm Petrel
and Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross:
highlights of the Cape Town Pelagics trip on 9
October, led by Cliff Dorse. See the trip
report.
28 December: Spectacled Petrel and Wandering
Albatross: highlights of the Cape
Town Pelagics trip on 29 October, led by Dalton Gibbs. See
some quick snapshots
and read the trip
report.
27 December: We have been running several trips in the past
two months and will be posting the trip reports shortly.
Apologies for the delay while our web-master was leading
five back-to-back tours in Madagascar!
26 September: New
trip report: Black-bellied Storm Petrel
and Bryde's Whale on 26 September with
Cape Town Pelagics guide Dalton Gibbs. Read the full report
here.
19 September: New
trip report: Southern Royal Albatross
and hundreds of Common Dolphins on 17 September
with Cape Town Pelagics guide Dalton Gibbs. Read the full
report and see some pictures here.
19 September: Three
places available on 24 September.
Ask for our last minute discount. Join Cape Town Pelagics
in support of Birdlife International's Save the Albatross
Fund. To book, click here
or phone 083 270 7452.
12 September: New
trip reports: on 4 September,
two Cape Town Pelagics trips led by Dalton Gibbs and Cliff
Dorse enjoyed some great pelagic birds such as Wandering
Albatross, Southern Royal Albatross
and Northern Royal Albatross. Read
the full reports here.
11 September: The
2012 trip calendar is now online. See our trip
dates here and
contact us to plan
a pelagic in 2012.
23 August: New
trip report: thousands of birds, including
four albatross species, led by Cape Town Pelagics guide
Dalton Gibbs on 20 August. See the full report here.
23 August: New
trip report: Indian and Atlantic
Yellow-nosed Albatross and Bryde's Whale
with Cape Town Pelagics guide Dalton Gibbs on 7 August.
See the full report here.
23 August: New
trip report: Southern Right Whales
and Humpbacked Whales with Cape Town Pelagics
guide Barie Rose on 2 August. See the full report here.
12 August: New
trip report: 7 species of Albatross,
Southern Fulmar and a white morf
Southern Giant Petrel with Cape Town Pelagics guide
Barrie Rose on 7 August. See the full report here.
5 August: New
trip report: Southern Giant Petrel,
Common Dolphins and Humpbacked
Whales on the Cape Town Pelagics trip of 10 July,
led by Barrie Rose. See the full report here.
2 August: New
trip report: 6 Albatross species,
including Wandering Albatross and Northern
Royal Albatross on the Cape Town Pelagics trip
of 30 July, led by Barrie Rose. See the full report here.
6 July: New
trip report: Bryde's Whale, Antarctic Prion
and Southern Fulmar on the Cape Town Pelagics trip of 2
July, led by Dalton Gibbs. See the full report here.
9 june: New
trip report: Wandering Albatross on the Cape
Town Pelagics trip of 15 May, led by Cliff Dorse. See the
full report here.
8 june: New
trip report: Sub-Antarctic Skua, Wilson’s
Storm-petrel and Cory’s Shearwater on the Cape Town
Pelagics trip of 11 April, led by Dalton Gibbs. See the
full report here.
5 April: New
trip report: five species of Albatross, Wilson's
Storm Petrel, Blue Shark and Common Dolphin on the Cape
Town Pelagics trip of 26 March, led by Cliff Dorse. See
the full report here.
11 April 2011.
Highlights: Sub-Antarctic Skua, Wilson’s
Storm-petrel and Cory’s Shearwater
22 March: New
trip report: Cory’s Shearwaters, Grey (Red)
Phalarope, Oceanic Blue Shark & Skipjack Tuna on the
Cape Town Pelagics trip of 12 March, led by Barrie Rose.
Find out more here.
19 March: New
trip report: Flesh-footed Shearwater, European
Storm-Petrel and Humpbacked Whale on the Cape Town Pelagics
trip of 5 March, led by Cliff Dorse. Read more here.
16 March: Evaluation:
Simon & Jane joined a trip in February and share their
feedback.
8 March: Last
place: Cape Town Pelagics trip on Friday 11
March. Join leader Barrrie Rose in support of Birdlife International's
Save the Albatross Fund. Exceptional last minute discount.
Contact us.
1 March 2011:
New trip report from the Cape Town
Pelagics trip of 6 February, led by Barrie Rose. Read about
the sightings of Long-tailed
Skua, Pomarine Skua, Oceanic Sunfish and more.
25 February 2011:
New trip report from the Cape Town
Pelagics trip of 6 February, led by Dalton Gibbs. Read about
the sightings of Manx
Shearwater, Parasitic Jager, Wilson's Storm-Petrel and
more.
24 February 2011:
New trip report from the Cape Town
Pelagics trip of 8 January, led by Dalton Gibbs. Read about
the sightings of 4
species of Albatross, 3 species of Shearwater and 2 species
of Storm-Petrel.
4 February 2011:
New trip reports : Black-browed, Shy, Indian
& Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross on April 24th,
Great Shearwater
and 13 Southern Right Whales on September 5th,
Pintado Petrel and more on August 15th,
trip report from May 29th, Red
Phalarope, Sabine's Gull and Humpbacked Whale on October
17th and Red Phalarope,
Wandering Albatross and 4 whale species on November
6th.
27 October: Last
two places: 30 October Cape Town
Pelagics. Join our seabirding trip from Simonstown while
you support seabird conservation. Click here
to book. Or phone Amanda Kropman 083 270 7452.
27 October:
New trip report: Southern
Royal Albatross,Wandering Albatross, Sabine's Gull and
Pomarine
Jaeger among 31 species on this Cape Town Pelagics trip
of 23 October, led by Cliff Dorse. Read more.
25 October:
New trip report from the Cape Town
Pelagics trip of 11 September, led by Bruce Dyer. Read about
the sightings of Subantarctic
Skua, Humpback Whale and more: click here.
17 October: Art
helps save the Albatross. Albatross
Task Force member, and regular Cape
Town Pelagics guide, Meidad Goren describes his experiences
with artist Bruce
Pearson. Read more
here.
15 October:
New trip report from the Cape Town
Pelagics trip of 19 September, led by Dalton Gibbs. Read
about the sightings of Bryde's
Whale and more: click here.
15 October: New
trip report from the Cape Town Pelagics trip
of 18 September, led by Patrick Cardwell. Read about the
sightings of Pomerine
Jaeger and Sabine’s
Gull, and more: click here.
26 July:
New trip report and photographs from
Cape Town Pelagics on 15 May, led by Barrie Rose. See photographs
and read about the specials seen such as Black-bellied
Storm Petrel: click here.
4 July: New
trip report and photographs from the World
Cup Pelagics on Sunday July 4th, led by Barrie Rose. See
photographs and read about the sightings of Wandering Albatross,
Humpback Whale and more: click here.
31 June: Last
space: 4 July Cape Town Pelagics
trip. Join leader Barrrie Rose while you support seabird
conservation. Exceptional last minute discount. Phone 083
270 7452 or email us to book.
4 June: New
trip report
from the Cape Town pelagics trip of
29
May 2010.
24 May:Grey-headed Albatross
and Black-bellied Storm Petrel
were two unusual sightings on our latest Cape Town Pelagics
trip of 15 May 2010. Visit soon for the trip report.
16 February: Flesh-footed
Shearwater,
a local rarity, seen on the Cape Town Pelagics
trip of 23 January 2010. Read the trip
report here.
Blackbellied Storm-Petrel (top right), an unusual winter
visitor, and Flesh-footed Shearwater (above), a local rarity,
seen on Cape Town Pelagics trips in May and January 2010
© Barrie Rose.
2 February 2010: Grey-backed
Storm Petrel,
the second record for South Africa! Read the
trip report from the
27 December Cape Town Pelagics. For this and other trip
reports, please click here.
Flesh-footed Shearwater Dusky Dolphin
Greybacked Storm Petrel photographed on a Cape Town
Pelagics trip © Rob Leslie. Only the second record
in southern Africa!
19 December 2009: Great-Winged
Petrels, Long-Tailed Jaeger and
Arctic Terns.
Read the full trip report
from the 26 November Cape Town Pelagics trip.
19 December 2009: Wilson's
Storm-Petrel, Cory Shearwater
and Pintado Petrel. Read the full
trip report from the
21 November Cape Town Pelagics trip.
19 December 2009:
Sabine's
Gull, Parasitic Jaeger, Bryde's Whale.
Read the full
trip report
from the 24 October Cape Town Pelagics trip.
25 October 2009: 350-24-24
Bird Photo Challenge. On 24 October 2009,
South African birders and photographers set out to photograph
South Africa's amazing bird diversity to rais awareness
about climate change! Organised by: Birding
Africa (our sister company), PlusPlusMinus
webdesign, Birdlife South
Africa and 350.org
24 October 2009: Would you like to positively contribute
to the environment while birding?
Have a look at these greening
projects that can help you offset your carbon
footprint.
14 October 2009: New
trip reports from August, Septemer and October 2009.
Highlights: Antarctic Fulmar,
Flesh-Footed Shearwater, Little Shearwater, Southern and
Northern Royal Albatross
27 September 2009: Dalton Gibbs reports back from
Gough Island!
Southern Royal Albatross on the Cape Town Pelagics Trip
of 16 August 2008 © Jan Kube
The
British
Birdwatching Fair at Rutland Water proved very
successful this year, with sunny weather and over 20,000 visitors.
Callan's "Birding Namibia and the Okavango" was the most highly-attended
lecture on the Saturday, with over 240 people.
Congratulations
to the winners of the Birding Africa Competition
and the African Bird Club raffle, which we helped sponsor!
Prion experts,
can you help
identify this mystery
Prion, photographed on a pelagic trip in June?
Michel Watelet wins the
7th
ID Challenge from the
African
Bird Club and
Birding
Africa.
Test
your African birding skills... and WIN a Birding Africa
Cape Town
day
trip or a copy of the
Southern
African Birdfinder!
More than 50 people joined the
birdwatching
outing in Cape Town on 14 March 09. Thanks to all who
joined, leaders Callan Cohen and David Winter, and Friends
of Newlands Forest! Please let us know if you'ld like to share
your pictures.
Participants'
Image Gallery
now online! Would you like to share your pelagic pictures
here? Please email us.
BBC
and
Birdlife
International report on Prince Charles meeting our guide
Meidad Goren
about the Albatross Task Force. For more information about
this and other conservation programs Cape Town Pelagics has
been supporting, please see our
conservation
page.
Click here for
more news
