Regional Guides

A guide to the LPO Aquitaine Gulf of Gascony Pelagic — France's only dedicated offshore seabird trip, departing Saint-Jean-de-Luz for the Bay of Biscay's autumn shearwater and skua migration.

A guide to pelagic birding in the Netherlands: BirdingHolland's North Sea seabird trips from IJmuiden, Scheveningen, and Lauwersoog, and the shearwaters, skuas, and phalaropes of the autumn North Sea migration.

A guide to Chile's best pelagic birding trips: the Humboldt Current albatross runs off Valparaiso, the endemic Pincoya Storm-Petrel in Chiloé's fjords, and sub-Antarctic voyages through the Magellan Straits.

A guide to pelagic birding in the Cape Verde Islands: the West Africa Pelagic expedition cruise from Praia to Madeira, endemic shearwaters and petrels, and the extraordinary seabird diversity of the subtropical North Atlantic.

A guide to Ireland's top pelagic birding trips, from Wilson's Storm-petrel spectacles off Baltimore in West Cork to the Blasket Islands Pelagic off the Dingle Peninsula in County Kerry.

A guide to the UK's best pelagic birding trips: the North Minch off the Scottish Highlands, Wilson's Storm-Petrel runs from the Isles of Scilly, the Penzance Cornwall pelagic, and the Celtic Deep expedition from Pembrokeshire.

A guide to Portugal's top pelagic birding trips: the Azores Birders Pelagic to Banco da Fortuna — the only reliable site for the endemic Monteiro's Storm-Petrel — and the Sagres Seabird Watching trip off the Algarve, where the Critically Endangered Balearic Shearwater congregates with all four skua species.

A guide to New Zealand's top pelagic birding trips, from Kaikoura's daily albatross runs and the Petrel Station's rare North Island seabirds to Dunedin's subantarctic specialists and Stewart Island's albatross-rich Foveaux Strait.

A guide to Spain's top pelagic birding trips, from the Critically Endangered Balearic Shearwater spectacle in the Gulf of Cádiz to the storm-petrel-rich overnight expeditions to the Canary Islands seamount of Banco de la Concepción.

A guide to Canada's top pelagic birding trips, from the shearwater-rich waters off Tofino on Vancouver Island's Pacific coast to the seabird hotspots of British Columbia's continental shelf.

A guide to South Africa's top pelagic birding trips, from the Benguela Current albatross runs off Cape Town to the warm-water Indian Ocean pelagics out of Durban.

A guide to Japan's top pelagic birding trips, from Short-tailed Albatross cruises at Torishima and overnight ferries to the Izu Islands, to Hokkaido's drift ice eagle cruises and the world's largest Rhinoceros Auklet colony at Teuri Island.

A regional guide to the top pelagic birding trips on the US West Coast, from Westport's shearwater flocks and Oregon's Heceta Bank to San Diego's tropical rarities and Alaska's seabird colonies.

A guide to Norway's top seabird and pelagic birding trips, from Atlantic Puffins at Runde and Vesterålen to Svalbard's Arctic expedition cruises and Finnmark's winter seaducks.

A guide to Australia's top pelagic birding trips, covering key departure ports, target species like albatrosses, petrels, and shearwaters, and the best seasons to go.

A guide to the best pelagic birding trips in South America, covering Ecuador, Peru, Chile, and Argentina. Find trips along the Humboldt Current, Galapagos cruises, Patagonian voyages, and Falkland Islands expeditions.

A regional guide to the top pelagic birding trips on the US East Coast, from Cape Hatteras and its legendary Pterodroma petrels to New England's canyon trips and Florida's tropical seabirds.