Monday, June 20, 2011

Pelagic Boat-Trips this summer



A series of Boat-trips has been scheduled, starting this next weekend. Pelagic birds are around...

11th July 2011 · 07:00 - 10:00

Location
Fuzeta, Algarve, Portugal

A Pelagic Boat-Trip off Fuzeta, East-Algarve, organized together with Passeios Ria Formosa. After crossing through the beautiful channels of Ria Formosa, we head out to the open sea (glass fiber motor boat for 12 people).

Target species: Wilson's Storm Petrel (Oceanites oceanicus), "European Storm Petrel" (Hydrobates pelagicus), Balearic Shearwater (Puffinus mauretanicus), Cory's Shearwater (Calonectris diomedea ssp.) and others... Most likely also Cetaceans, like the Common Dolphin (Delphinus delphis).

Price: 35 € p.p.

Reservation:

E-mail to
info@birdwatching-algarve.com or
passeios.ria.formosa@gmail.com

Or mobile to:
++351 962156922 (Ricardo Badalo) or
++351 936129716 (Georg Schreier)

Please be there about 10 Min. earlier.

Further, similar trips are scheduled for the 26th of July and the 14th of August 2011.

A summer-splash nature adventure !!!

More Info about the Tours here: www.birdwatching-algarve.com (including a map to the location).

Escape the summer heat on a cooling boat-trip and see some "cool" birds !!!


Cory's Shearwater (Calonectris (diomedea) borealis) off Fuzeta, Algarve, July 2010. Photo: Rasmus Nielsen.