Thursday 1 August 2013

Cape Town Pelagic Trip June 2013

These pics are all from a pelegic trip out of Cape Town on 28 June.  Utterly amazing experience. We went out to around 40 km and found 5 or 6 trawlers; we stayed with them all day, with thousands of seabirds feeding as nets were raised.

Take-off!! Some Pintados
White-chinned Petrel
Pintado Petrel
Pintado Petrel
Antarctic Prion (desolata)
Antarctic Prion (desolata)
Feeding frenzy as trawler nets are raised
Shy Albert
Subantarctic (Brown) Skua
Subantarctic (Brown) Skua
Subantarctic (Brown) Skua
Subantarctic (Brown) Skua
White-chinned Petrel
A view of some seabirds, to give a sense of the whole experience