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26 march 2011 - cape pelagic trip |
Trevor was once again a guide on a ZEST for BIRDS pelagic trip today. Although the conditions were good with not much wind and a relatively flat sea, most of the first part of the day was spent under heavy cloud cover, so the light for photography was not great. Most of the usual species expected at this time of the year were present with some of the northern Skuas, particularly the Pomarine Skuas, already showing signs of moulting into breeding plumage. The best bird of the day, a Flesh-footed Shearwater, was only seen briefly and at a distance, but we were also lucky to find a cracking Blue Shark, a small pod of Dusky Dolphins and a rather friendly Sperm Whale which really added to the overall experience of the day. |
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White-chinned Petrel |
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Great Shearwater |
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Shy Albatross |
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Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross |
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Sperm Whale |
Full list of species recorded on the pelagic trip | |
Links to pages with additional photos highlighted in red | |
Common Name | Scientific Name |
Birds - 28 species | |
African Black Oystercatcher | Haematopus moquini |
Subantarctic Skua | Catharacta antarctica |
Pomarine Skua | Stercorarius pomarinus |
Arctic Skua | Stercorarius parasiticus |
Long-tailed Skua | Stercorarius longicaudus |
Kelp Gull | Larus dominicanus |
Hartlaub's Gull | Larus hartlaubii |
Sabine's Gull | Larus sabini |
Swift Tern | Sterna bergii |
Common Tern | Sterna hirundo |
Arctic Tern | Sterna paradisaea |
Cape Gannet | Morus capensis |
Crowned Cormorant | Phalacrocorax coronatus |
White-breasted Cormorant | Phalacrocorax lucidus |
Bank Cormorant | Phalacrocorax neglectus |
Cape Cormorant | Phalacrocorax capensis |
African Penguin | Spheniscus demersus |
White-chinned Petrel | Procellaria aequinoctialis |
Cory's Shearwater | Calonectris diomedea |
Flesh-footed Shearwater | Puffinus carneipes |
Great Shearwater | Puffinus gravis |
Sooty Shearwater | Puffinus griseus |
Black-browed Albatross | Thalassarche melanophris |
Shy Albatross | Thalassarche cauta |
Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross | Thalassarche carteri |
Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross | Thalassarche chlororhynchos |
Wilson's Storm-Petrel | Oceanites oceanicus |
European Storm-Petrel | Hydrobates pelagicus |
Mammals - 3 species | |
Sperm Whale | Physeter macrocephalus |
Dusky Dolphin | Lagenorhynchus obscurus |
Cape Fur Seal | Arctocephalus pusillus |
Other - 1 species | |
Blue Shark |
Prionace glauca
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