Birds & Nature organizes a variety of pelagic trips specifically to find and observe seabirds at sea.

These trips will be made by boat in September and October, sailing from Peniche, on the west coast of Portugal.
The boats are fast and spacious, allowing us to reach the most interesting areas rapidly and in comfort and offering unrivalled opportunities to view elusive pelagic seabirds that are normally impossible to watch closely from land.
The use of “chum” will increase the possibility of seeing surface-hugging species and of course will guarantee those unique seabird shots we all dream about!


AGENDA FOR 2012

- 9th September (Sunday)

- 20th October (Saturday)

Main Species
The main species potentially observed are: Common Scoter, Cory’s Shearwater, Great Shearwater, Sooty Shearwater, Manx Shearwater, Balearic Shearwater, European Storm-petrel, Northern Gannet, Great Cormorant, European Shag, Grey Phalarope, Pomarine Skua, Arctic Skua, Great Skua, Sandwich Tern, Common Tern, Arctic Tern and Razorbill. Even very rare and difficult species are possible, like Wilson’s Storm-petrel, Leach’s Storm-petrel, Long-tailed Skua and Sabine’s Gull. Given this coast potential, some of the magical enigmas from Macaronesia are to be looked for, as well.

Price
70 euros per person. Price includes guide, transport by boat, lunch, “chum”, free use of quality binoculars and field guides, participant’s accident insurance and VAT.

Note
The pelagic trips last about seven hours (including a break for lunch on the Berlenga island), leaving at 09,30 hours and arriving back about 16,30 hours. These trips are limited to a maximum of 22 participants. 
Please note that there may be times when, because of weather or rough sea conditions, the trip has to be cancelled; if this happens, we will try our utmost to arrange another date.

Have a look at the photos of the completed trips at: http://www.flickr.com/groups/birds-nature-pelagic-trips/