Birding Africa, which includes Cape Town Pelagics and Cape Birding route, voted one of the top 5 bird tour companies in the world. Birding Africa was one of only 5 bird tour companies that scored 100% client recommendations while having more than 5 respondents. Find out more about the survey published in the February 2010 issue of Birdwatch magazine.

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2/2/10: Grey-backed Storm Petrel, the second record for South Africa! Read the full trip report from the 27 December Cape Town Pelagics trip. For this and other trip reports, please click here.


Greybacked Storm Petrel photographed on a Cape Town Pelagics trip © Rob Leslie. Only the second record in southern Africa!

19/12/09: Great-Winged Petrels, Long-Tailed Jaeger and Arctic Terns. Read the full trip report from the 26 November Cape Town Pelagics trip.

19/12/09: Wilson's Storm-Petrel, Cory Shearwater and Pintado Petrel. Read the full trip report from the 21 November Cape Town Pelagics trip.

19/12/09: Sabine's Gull, Parasitic Jaeger, Bryde's Whale. Read the full trip report from the 24 October Cape Town Pelagics trip.

25/10/09: 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

24/10/09: 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.

14/10/09: New trip reports from August, Septemer and October 2009. Highlights: Antarctic Fulmar, Flesh-Footed Shearwater, Little Shearwater, Southern and Northern Royal Albatross

27/09/09: 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.

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