| 10 April 2010 | ||
| Cape pelagic trip | ||
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I was once again a guide on a ZEST for BIRDS pelagic trip today. Conditions were average with a mild wind and a reasonable sea. The first part of the day was fairly overcast, but it cleared up nicely later on with bright sunshine. Birdwise, the highlights included Spectacled and Great-winged Petrels and a fleeting Manx Shearwater whilst the other distractions included a small pod of Long-beaked Common Dolphins that visited the boat and a nice large Oceanic Sunfish. |
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| Shy Albatross | Great Shearwater | Black-browed Albatross |
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| Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross | Subantarctic (Brown) Skua | Northern Giant Petrel |
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| Cape Gannet | White-chinned Petrel | Spectacled Petrel |
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| Sabine's Gull | Wilson's Storm Petrel | European Storm Petrel |
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| Arctic Tern | Great-winged Petrel | Cory's Shearwater |
| Full list of species recorded on the day | ||
| Links to pages with additional photos highlighted in red | ||
| Common Name | Scientific Name | Additional notes |
| Birds - 33 species | ||
| African Black Oystercatcher | Haematopus moquini | |
| Subantarctic Skua | Catharacta antarctica | |
| Pomarine Skua | Stercorarius pomarinus | |
| Arctic Skua | Stercorarius parasiticus | |
| Kelp Gull | Larus dominicanus | |
| Hartlaub's Gull | Larus hartlaubii | |
| Sabine's Gull | Larus sabini | |
| Swift Tern | Sterna bergii | |
| Sandwich Tern | Sterna sandvicensis | |
| 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 | |
| Southern Giant Petrel | Macronectes giganteus | |
| Northern Giant Petrel | Macronectes halli | |
| Pintado Petrel | Daption capense | |
| Great-winged Petrel | Pterodroma macroptera | |
| White-chinned Petrel | Procellaria aequinoctialis | |
| Spectacled Petrel | Procellaria conspicillata | |
| Cory's Shearwater | Calonectris diomedea | |
| Great Shearwater | Puffinus gravis | |
| Sooty Shearwater | Puffinus griseus | |
| Manx Shearwater | Puffinus puffinus | |
| 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 | ||
| Bryde's Whale | Balaenoptera edeni | 1 individual |
| Long-beaked Common Dolphin | Delphinus delphis | c5 individuals |
| Cape Fur Seal | Arctocephalus pusillus | |
| Other sightings - 1 species | ||
| Oceanic Sunfish | Mola mola | |