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Check out the amazing photos
taken by particpipants on Cape Town Pelagic trips.
Read the trip reports below and those by Don
Roberson, a very satisfied Cape Town Pelagics
customer.
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trip pictures? Please let us know and we'll post them
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Pelagic birding trip reports from Durban,
East London,
Deep Sea and Prince
Edwards pelagics are also available - please see
the navigation menu on the left.
13 January 2013. Highlights: Manx Shearwater and Long-tailed Jaeger
26 February 2013. Highlights: Probably my best trip ever!, Cape Town Pelagics guide Dalton Gibbs
6 April 2013. Highlights: Black-browed and Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross, Great Shearwater
14 January
2012. Highlights: Red Phalaropes
14 January
2012. Highlights: Red Phalarope
29
January 2012. Photographs: Flesh-footed
and Cory's Shearwater, Common
Dolphins and Sabine's Gull
12 February
2012. Highlights: Juvenile Wandering Albatross,
Pomarine Jaeger and Red Phalarope
17 February
2012. Highlights: 16 pelagic
species including Manx Shearwater,
Long-tailed Jaeger, Sabine's
Gull
26 February
2012. Highlights: 13 pelagic species and a close
Sperm Whale
17 March
2012. Highlights: Flesh-footed Shearwater,
hundreds of European and
Wilson’s Storm-petrels
1
April 2012. Highlights: Hundreds of Wilson’s
Storm-petrels
9 April
2012. Highlights: Thousands of birds,
including an astounding number of Storm Petrels
16 May 2012.
Highlights: four Albatross species,
Great-winged Petrel and Black-bellied
Storm Petrel
20 May 2012. Highlights: Sooty and Cory Shearwaters
15 July 2012. Highlights: two Northern Royal Albatross, Southern and Northern Giant Petrel
4 August 2012. Highlights: Northern Royal Albatross, among 5 albatross species, and Antarctic Prion
18 August 2012. Highlights: Northern Royal Albatross, Southern and Northern Giant Petrel
22 August 2012. Highlights: Wandering, Southern and Northern Royal Albatross, Soft-plumaged Petrel, Manx Shearwater
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2 September 2012. Highlights: Blue Petrel, Wandering Albatross and white morph Southern Giant Petrel
7 September 2012. Highlights: Humpbacked Whale, Northern and Southern Giant Petrel
15 September 2012 (CD). Highlights: 3 Humpbacked Whales, three Southern Right Whales, Red Phalarope, Southern Giant Petrel and Manx Shearwater
15 September 2012 (DG). Highlights: Pintado Petrel, Northern Giant Petrel and Wilson's Storm-Petrel
21 September 2012. Highlights: 4 Albatross species, Great Shearwater and Long-tailed Skua
22 September 2012 (CD). Highlights: 5 Wandering Albatross and Southern Royal Albatross
22 September 2012 (BR). Highlights: Juvenile Wandering Albatross, Soft-plumaged Petrel, Northern and Southern Giant Petrels
5 October 2012. Highlights: Soft-plumaged Petrel, Black-bellied Storm Petrel, Humpback Whales and Southern Right Whales
13 October 2012. Highlights: Wandering Albatross, Flesh-footed Shearwater and Black-breasted Storm Petrel
3 November 2012 (DG). Highlights: Pomarine Jaeger, Flesh-footed and Manx Shearwater, Southern and Northern Giant Petrel
3 November 2012 (CD). Highlights: Parasitic Jaeger, Manx Shearwater, Common Dolphins and Bryde's Whale
30 December 2012. Highlights: Spectacled Petrel, 3 Jaeger species and Blue Sharks
8 January
2011. Highlights: 4 Albatross species,
3 Shearwater species and
2 Storm-Petrel species
6 February
2011. Highlights: Parasitic Jager,
Wilson's Storm-Petrel, Manx Shearwater
6 February
2011 - second trip. Highlights: Long-tailed
Skua, Pomarine Skua, Oceanic
Sunfish
5 March
2011. Highlights: Flesh-footed Shearwater,
European Storm-Petrel and Humpbacked
Whale
12 March
2011. Highlights: Coryís Shearwaters,
Grey (Red) Phalarope, Oceanic
Blue Shark & Skipjack Tuna
26 March
2011. Highlights: 5 Albatross species,
Wilson's Storm Petrel, Blue
Shark and Common Dolphin
11 April
2011. Highlights: Sub-Antarctic Skua,
Wilson’s Storm-petrel and Cory’s
Shearwater
15 May 2011.
Highlights: Wandering albatross and
Dusky Dolphin
2 July 2011.
Highlights: Bryde's whale, Antarctic
Prion and Southern Fulmar
10 July
2011. Highlights: Southern Giant Petrel,
Common Dolphins and Humpbacked
Whales
30 July
2011. Highlights: 6 Albatross species,
incl. Wandering Albatross and Northern
Royal Albatross
2 August
2011. Highlights: Southern Right Whales and Humpbacked
Whales
7 August
2011 (DG). Highlights: Indian
and Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross,
Bryde's Whale
7 August 2011 (BR). Highlights: 7 Albatross
species, Southern Fulmar
and a white morf Southern Giant Petrel
20 August
2011. Highlights: thousands of birds, including
four albatross species
4 September
2011 (DG). Highlights: Northern Royal
Albatross, many birds & species, giant
petrels on seal carcass.
4 September
2011 (CD). Highlights: Wandering Albatross
and Southern Royal Albatross
17 September
2011. Highlights: Southern Royal Albatross
and hundreds of Common Dolphins.
See also the trip report and stunning
photographs by Per Holmen.
26 September
2011. Highlights: Black-bellied Storm
Petrel and Bryde's Whale
9 October
2011. Highlights: Black-bellied Storm
Petrel and Atlantic Yellow-nosed
Albatross
29 October 2011. Highlights: Spectacled
Petrel and Wandering Albatross
6 November
2011. Highlights: Southern Royal Albatross
10 November
2011. Highlights: Great-winged Petrel,
Parasitic and Pomarine Jaeger
12
November 2011. Highlights: Kerguelen
Petrel - a superb record of a very
rare bird that many have been hoping to see on pelagic
trips for years!
17
December 2011. Highlights: Southern Right
Whale and Manx Shearwater
23 January
2010. Highlights: Flesh-footed Shearwater
and Dusky Dolphin
10 February
2010. Highlights: Leach’s Storm-Petrel,
Long-tailed Skua, Manx Shearwater,
Great-winged Petrel and Sperm
Whale
24 April
2010. Highlights: 4 Albatross spp: Black-browed,
Shy, Indian & Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross
15 May 2010.
Highlights: Black-bellied Storm Petrel
29 May 2010.
14 July 2010: Please enquire. This report will be
posted soon.
15 August
2010. Highlights: Pintado Petrel
5 September
2010. Highlights: Great Shearwater
and 13 Southern Right Whales
11 September
2010. Highlights: Subantarctic Skua,
Parasitic Jaeger and Humpback Whales
18 September
2010. Highlights: Pomerine Jaeger
and Sabineís Gull
19 September
2010. Highlights: Bryde's Whale
26 September 2010: Please enquire. This report
will be posted soon.
17 October
2010. Highlights: Red Phalarope,
Sabine's Gull and Humpbacked
Whale
23 October
2010. Highlights: Southern Royal Albatross,
Wandering Albatross, Pomerine
Jaeger
6 November
2010. Highlights: Red Phalarope,
Wandering Albatross and 4
whale species
13 November 2010: Please enquire. This report will
be posted soon.
21 November 2010: Please enquire. This report will
be posted soon.
18 December 2010: Please enquire. This report will
be posted soon.
3 January 2009
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24 January 2009.
8 February 2009.
Highlights: Mako Shark jumping and
Northern Royal Albatross.
21 February 2009.
19 April
2009.
23 May 2009.
7 June 2009.
Highlights: Slenderbilled Prion and
Leach's Storm Petrel
14 June
2009.
20 June
2009.
18 July
2009.
1 August
2009. Highlights: Little Shearwater
8 August
2009. Highlights: Antarctic Fulmar,
Southern and Northern Royal Albatross
9 August
2009. 15
August 2009.
29 August
2009. Highlights: Antarctic Fulmar and
Northern Royal Albatross
12 September
2009. Highlights: amazing cetaceans!
19 September
2009.
12 October
2009.
17 October
2009.
24 October
2009. Sabine's Gull,
Parasitic Jaeger, Bryde's Whale
21 November
2009. Pintado Petrel, Cory's
Shearwater, Wilson's Storm-Petrel
26 November
2009. Great-winged Petrel,
Arctic Tern, Long-tailed Jaeger
29
November 2009. Possible Tristan Albatross
27
December 2009. Grey-backed
Storm Petrel, the second record
for South Africa!
22
July 2008. Highlights: Northern Royal
Albatross and Spectacled Petrel.
11 Aug 2008. 16
Aug 2008. Highlights: Wandering
and Northern Royal Albatrosses.
24
Aug 2008.
6
September 2008.
11
September 2008.
13
September 2008. Highlights: 35 Risso's
Dolphins!
13
September 2008.
21 September 2008. 22
September 2008.
28
September 2008. Highlights: Northern Royal
Albatross.
28
September 2008. Highlights: Northern Royal
Albatross.
4
October 2008. Highlights: Wandering
and Southern Royal Albatrosses.
11
October 2008.
18
October 2008.
1
November 2008.
15
November 2008. Highlights: Buller's Albatross
- only the 4th African record!
22
November 2008.
13 December 2008.
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