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12 April: New Trip Report from 6 April 2013, with highlights such as Black-browed and Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross and Great Shearwater.

18 March: 'Probably my best trip ever', reports Cape Town Pelagics guide Dalton Gibbs, as participants find themselves surrounded by Dusky and Common Dolphins, Albatrosses and Shearwaters on 26 February. Read on.

21 January: Manx Shearwater and Long-tailed Jaeger on 13 January with Cape Town Pelagics. Read the trip report.

14 January: Our latest trip reports are now online. Highlights from the last two months of November and December, include Flesh-footed Shearwater, Manx Shearwater, Spectacled Petrel, 3 Jaeger species and Blue Sharks.

1 January 2013: Happy New Year! We wish you a great start of the new year, filled with memorable birding experiences. We are back in the office to start a year filled with exciting Cape Town Pelagics trips! Kindly see our trip calendar for the upcoming trip dates. As the only non-profit operator from Cape Town and we donate all proceeds to donates all proceeds to seabird research and conservation.

25 December: Cape Town Pelagics wishes you a Merry Christmas and a relaxing festive season with family and friends.

20 November: Wandering Albatross, Flesh-footed Shearwater and Black-breasted Storm Petrel on the Cape Town Pelagics trip of 13 October. Read the trip report .

20 November: Cape Town Pelagics trip rescues 25 people off Hout Bay, South Africa. See the report here.

21 October: New trip reports from the Cape Town Pelagics trips of 15 September (two trips), 21 September, 22 September (two trips) and 5 October. Read on.

22 September: New trip report from the 22 September Cape Town Pelagics trip led by Cliff Dorse: 5 Wandering Albatross and Southern Royal Albatross. Read on.

20 September: Blue Petrel: a major highlight on the 2nd of September Cape Town Pelagics trip. Other highlights on our August and September trips include Wandering Albatross, Northern Royal Albatross and Southern Royal Albatross. See the trip reports and photographs.


Blue Petrel © Barrie Rose on 2 September 2012 with Cape Town Pelagics.


Southern Royal Albatross © Barrie Rose on 22 August 2012 with Cape Town Pelagics.

11 August: New trip report from the 4 August Cape Town Pelagics trip led by Cliff Dorse: Northern Royal Albatross, among 5 albatross species, Antarctic Prion and Antarctic Fulmar. Read on.

Southern Giant Petrel © Marine Drouilly on 4 August 2012 with Cape Town Pelagics.

27 July: New trip report from the 15 July Cape Town Pelagics trip led by Dalton Gibbs: two Northern Royal Albatross, Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross and Southern and Northern Giant Petrel. Read the trip report.

24 July: Our 2013 trip calendar is now online and bookings have started.  See the dates here.

23 May: New trip report from 16 May by Cape Town Pelagics guide Barrie Rose: four Albatross species, Great-winged Petrel and Black-bellied Storm Petrel

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.

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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: Coryís 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 Sabineís 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.

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