KEEN OBSERVERBIRDING & ORNITHOLOGY EXPEDITION VOYAGESObserve unique bird species while exploring remote corners of the world.

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OBSERVE EXCEPTIONAL BIRDLIFESilversea Expeditions offers a series of highly immersive Birding Expedition voyages to remote destinations, often inaccessible by land. Together with our Expedition Team and passionate ornithologists, you can enjoy onboard lectures to discover and study a large variety of faraway bird species.

EXPEDITION HIGHLIGHTS

• Experience the best pelagic birding on the planet in the subantarctic islands of New Zealand, home to 126 species of birds including the rare Yellow-eyed Penguin

• Witness the awkward flight forays of young Albatross• Look for Bald Eagles in Alaska• Identify countless birds in the Russian Far East: Puffins,

Guillemots, Cormorants, Steller’s Sea Eagle, Brown-headed Thrush, Siberian Rubythroats, Black-legged Kittiwakes, and Crested or Whiskered Auklets

• Visit Bird Island in the Galápagos, home to over 30 bird species

• Search for the Galápagos Short-eared Owl• Admire the antics of Red-footed and Blue-footed Boobies

Observe and study exceptional bird species

Do you own a life list? Embark on a voyage that takes you well off the beaten path, to destinations that will excite your imagination like no other. A Silversea Expedition will inspire your sense of adventure, introducing you to mesmerising landscapes and exceptional wildlife. You’ll encounter wild animals, exotic flora and fauna, fascinating cultures, and large varieties of bird species.

The experiences you’ll have on your voyage aboard Silver Discoverer, Silver Explorer or Silver Galápagos will create a lifetime of memories—ones that you’ll share with all your friends and family when you return home.

Did you know?

• The first classification of birds was developed by Francis Willughby and John Ray in their 1676 volume Ornithologiae

• There are about 10,000 bird species, and only a small number of people have seen more than 7,000

• In 1971 Ted Parker travelled around North America and saw 626 species in one year. This record was beaten by Kenn Kaufman in 1973 who travelled 69,000 miles and saw 671 species

• From 2008 the top life list has been held by Tom Gullick, an Englishman. In 2012 he became the first birdwatcher to log over 9,000 species

At Silversea Expeditions we do our best to preserve the welfare of birds and their environment, and therefore ask our guests to follow certain birdwatching etiquette, such as limiting the use of photography and playback devices to mitigate stress caused to birds, as well as maintaining distance away from nests and nesting colonies. For an in-depth experience, we recommend you bring your own binoculars with you.

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Dr. Franz BairleinOrnithologist

Dr Franz Bairlein studied biology, chemistry and physics at the University of Konstanz where he earned his PhD. Since 1990, Franz has served as Director of the Institute of Avian Research Vogelwarte Helgoland at Wilhelmshaven, Germany, one of the world’s leading research centres in ornithology. He also holds a professorship of Zoology and Ecology at the University of Oldenburg. Franz is currently President of the German Ornithologists’ Society, President of the European Union for Bird Ringing, President of the International Ornithologists’ Union, and Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Ornithology.

Dr. Samuel Temidayo OsinubiOrnithologist

Dayo studies the behaviour of birds in relation to their environment, and brings an infectious passion to bird watching. He has a MSc in Conservation Biology and a PhD in Ecology. He presently works for BirdLife International and is based at the West African Sub-Regional Office in Accra, Ghana. He works as the Coordinator of the African- Eurasian Migratory Landbirds Working Group. Dayo has a healthy sense of adventure, a wide range of interests and his goal is always to experience diverse forms of nature and cultures.

Adrian Boyle Ornithologist

At the tender age of 12, Adrian Boyle took a keen interest in all wildlife, and since then has garnered a passion for birds. When he’s not guiding land and sea-based wildlife tours, Adrian spends his time studying birds, organising workshops, and promoting wetland conservation in Australia, Asia and the Pacific. Adrian is rarely seen without his camera and binoculars, as he regularly guides on expedition ships around the globe.

It’s one thing to visit a place, but it’s another to immerse yourself in it. Not just to see the sights, but to meet the people, understand the history, drink in the culture, and get to know the wildlife.

Each Silversea Expeditions voyage is led by a team of 11 experts*: marine biologists, naturalists, anthropologists, geologists and historians, hand-picked for their knowledge, passion, warmth and friendliness. Here is a sample of the Expedition Team you will meet onboard Silver Discoverer, Silver Explorer and Silver Galápagos.Your Expedition Leader and Captain will work together to ensure opportunities for adven-ture and exploration are the best possible, taking into account prevailing weather activity.

*The Expedition Team members scheduled for these voyages can be

subject to change or cancellation.

MEET THE EXPEDITION TEAM

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03 Wandering Albatross, South Georgia

04 Frigate Bird, Galápagos Islands

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05 Horned Puffin, Kamchatka

06 Magellanic Penguins, Saunders Island

07 Sooty Albatross, South Georgia

08 Yellow Warbler, Galápagos Islands

09 McKay’s Snow Bunting, St Paul Island, Alaska

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PACIFICOCEAN

INDIANOCEAN

ATLANTICOCEAN

BERINGSEA

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South Georgia

ARCTICOCEAN

BRITISH ISLES

RUSSIAN FAR EAST

ALASKA

NEW ZEALAND SUB-ANTARCTIC ISLANDS

FALKLANDS

GALÁPAGOSISLANDS

BIRDWATCHING CHECKLIST

Join us for a never to be repeated pelagic birding experience. If you want some endemic species and seabird megaticks, choose any of the Silversea Expeditions Birdwatching Voyages.

GALAPAGOS ISLANDS

The following birds are only found in the Galápagos Islands: Galápagos Heron

Flightless Cormorant

Galápagos Hawk

Galápagos Rail

Galápagos Dove

Large-billed Flycatcher

Galápagos Mockingbird

Floreana Mockingbird

Hood Mockingbird

San Cristóbal Mockingbird

Large Ground Ginch

Medium Ground Finch

Small Ground Finch

Sharp-beaked ground Finch

Common cactus Finch

Large cactus Finch

Vegetarian Finch

Large tree Finch

Medium tree Finch

Small tree Finch

Woodpecker Finch

Mangrove Finch

Green Warbler

FALKLANDS & SOUTH GEORGIA

A possibility to view 7 species of penguins and 6 or more species of Albatross:Falkland Islands

Striated Caracara

Southern Rockhopper Penguin

Falklands Thrush

Cobb’s Wren

Magellanic Oystercatcher

Kelp Goose

Magellanic Penguin

Falklands Flightless Steamerduck (unique to the Falklands - difficult to see and special)South Georgia

King Penguin

Light Mantled Sooty Albatross

Gentoo Penguin

Macaroni Penguin

South Georgia Pintail(unique to South Georgia)South Georgia Pipit

(unique to South Georgia)

BRITISH ISLES

Possibility to view huge gannet colonies and lots of different shorebirds. Common Murre

Razorbill

Atlantic Puffin

Black Guillemot

White Wagtail

Gray Wagtail

Goldcrest

Song Thrush

Mistle thrush

Sedge Warbler

Willow Warbler

Long-tailed Tit

Reed Bunting

ALASKA

Short tailed albatross (very rare about 1000 individuals)

Black-footed Albatross

Laysan’s Albatross

Horned Puffin

Tufted Puffin

Red Legged Kittiwake

Crested Parakeet

Least Auklet

Rhinoceros Auklet

Marbled Auklet

Ancient Auklet

Cassin’s Auklet (possibly) Sooty Shearwater

Short-tailed Shearwater

Fork-tailed Petrel

Leach’s Storm Petrel

Black legged Kittiwake

Pomerine Skua

Long-tailed Skua

Harlequin Duck

Bald Eagle

Thick Billed Murre(colonies of 1000s) Common Murre

RUSSIAN FAR EAST

Short-tailed Albatross (very rare about 1000 individuals)Black-footed Albatross

Laysan’s Albatross

Horned Puffin

Tufted Puffin

Crested Parakeet

Least Auklet

Rhinoceros Auklet

Marbled Auklet

Ancient Auklet

Cassin’s Auklet (possibly) Sooty Shearwater

Short-tailed Shearwater

Fork-tailed Petrel

Leach’s Storm Petrel

Pomerine Skua

Long-tailed Skua

Arctic Skua

Harlequin Duck

Thick Billed Murre(colonies of 1000s) Common Murre

Black-legged Kittiwake

NEW ZEALAND SUB-ANTARCTIC ISLANDS

The SnaresEndemic Snare

Crested Penguin

Snares Island Tomtit

Fernbird

White-fronted Tern

Red-billed Gull

Buller’s Albatross

Auckland Islands

Southern Royal Albatross

Auckland Island Shag

Auckland Island Flightless Teal

Auckland Island Banded Dotterel

Auckland Island Tomtit

Bellbird

Red-crowned Parakeet

Yellow-eyed Penguin

Light-mantled Sooty Albatross

Rare Sub-Antarctic Snipe (possibly)Shy Albatross

Gibson’s Wandering Albatross

Macquarie Island

The only place in the world where the beautiful Royal Penguin breeds. Royal Penguin

King Penguin

Gentoo Penguin

Rockhopper Penguin

Chatham IslandChatham Island Shag

Chatham Island Oystercatcher

Chatham Island Warbler

Magenta Petrel

Chatham Island Petrel

At Sea

Possibility to view special albatross species.Black Browed Albatross

Campbell Island Albatross

Light-mantled Sooty Albatross

Salvin’s Albatross

Royal Albatross

Wandering Albatross

Shy Albatross

Black-browed Albatross

White-chinned Petrel

Little Shearwater

Antipodes Islands Cruising along the coast offers the possibility to view:Reischek’s Parakeet

New Zealand Pipit (Antipodes subspecies) Erect-crested Penguin

Antarctic Tern

Kelp Gull

Campbell Island

The nesting site of the Southern Royal Albatross. Campbell Island Shag

Southern Skua

Antarctic Tern

Dunnock

New Zealand Pipit

Campbell Island Teal

Campbell Island Snipe (elusive)

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11 Rockhopper Penguin, Falkland islands

12 Bald Eagle, Alaska

13 Blue-footed Booby, Galápagos islands

In an exclusive partnership, Silversea Expeditions and the Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers) have joined forces to spread knowledge collated from centuries of scientific exploration, providing detailed scientific and historical information to guests embarking on voyages aboard Silver Explorer, Silver Galapagos and Silver Discoverer.

BIRDWATCHING EXPEDITION VOYAGES CALENDAR

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AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND2015 DAYS VOYAGE SHIP PORTS

07 JAN 15 9501 SILVER DISCOVERER DUNEDIN > The Snares > Enderby & Auckland Islands > Day at sea > Macquarie Island > Day at sea > Campbell Island > Day at sea > Antipodes Islands > Bounty Islands > Pitt Island > Chatham Island > Day at sea > Napier > WELLINGTON

20 DEC 14 9526 SILVER DISCOVERER AUCKLAND > White Island > Napier > Day at sea > Chatham Island > Pitt Island > Bounty Islands > Antipodes Islands > Day at sea > Campbell Island > Enderby & Auckland Islands > The Snares > Cruising Dusky Sound > Ulva Island (Steward Island) > Oban (Stewart Island) > DUNEDIN

ALASKA

08 JUL 12 9515 SILVER DISCOVERER SEWARD (ALASKA) > Holgate Glacier > Chiswell Islands > College Fjord > Cruise Esther Passage > Yakutat > Elfin Cove & George Island > Inian Islands > Cruise Point Adolphus > Sail Island > Petersburg > Cruise Wrangell Narrows > Ketchikan > Prince Rupert > Haida Gwaii > Klemtu > Alert Bay > Cruise Johnstone Strait > Victoria > VANCOUVER

01 AUG 12 9517 SILVER DISCOVERER SEWARD (ALASKA) > Holgate Glacier > Chiswell Islands > Kukak Bay > Geographic Harbor > Semidi Islands > Chignik > Unga Spit > Dutch Harbor > St. Paul Island > St. Matthew Island > Hall Island > International Date Line — lose a day > Provideniya > Cape Dezhnev > Big Diomede Island > Lorino Village > Yttygran Island > Provideniya > International Date Line — gain a day > NOME (ALASKA)

RUSSIAN FAR EAST

13 AUG 17 9518 SILVER DISCOVERER NOME (ALASKA) > International Date Line - lose a day > Provideniya > Gabriela Bay > Dezneva Bay > Lavrova Bay > Verkhoturov Island > Tymlat > Karaginskiy Island > Cape Severo-Zapadnyi > Nikolskoe > Chazma River > Kamenistaya Bay > Zupanova River > Morzovaya Bay > Petropavlovsk (Kamchatsky) > Shumshu Island > Atlasova Island > Onekotan Island > Lovyshki Islands > Matua Island > Yankicha Island > Chirpoy Island > Tyuleniy Island > Korsakov > OTARU

NORTHERN EUROPE & BRITISH ISLES

07 MAY 11 7509 SILVER EXPLORER LISBON > Leixões (Oporto) > Vigo > Cíes Islands > Day at sea > Bilbao > Bordeaux > Day at sea > St. Peter Port (Guernsey) > St. Malo > Honfleur > PORTSMOUTH

29 MAY 14 7511 SILVER EXPLORER DUBLIN > Church Bay (Rathlin Island) > Portrush > Iona > Tobermory > Armadale Bay (Isle of Skye) > Isle of Rum > St. Kilda > Tórshavn > Tvoroyri > Vestmanna Bird Cliffs > Day at sea > Geiranger > Isle of Runde > Ålesund > Kristiansund > Torghatten (Bronnoy) > Vega Archipelago > Cruise Trollfjorden > TROMSØ

GALÁPAGOS ISLANDS

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SILVER GALÁPAGOS BALTRA > Bartolome > Playa Espumilla > Punta Vicente Roca > Punta Espinoza > Caleta Tagus > Bahia Elizabeth > Bahia Post Office > Islote Champion > Corona del Diablo > Punta Cormorant > Galapaguera Cerro Colorado > Cerro Brujo or Wizard Hill > Los Gemelos > Estacion Charles Darwin & Puerto Ayora > BALTRA

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SILVER GALÁPAGOS BALTRA > Bahia Darwin > El Barranco > Seymour Norte > Rabida > Bahia Ballena > Galapaguera Cerro Colorado > Punta Pitt > Bahia Gardner > Punta Suarez > Estacion Charles Darwin & Puerto Ayora > Plazas Sur > BALTRA

AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND2016 DAYS VOYAGE SHIP PORTS

03 JAN 16 9601 SILVER DISCOVERER DUNEDIN > Ulva Island (Steward Island) > Day at sea > Campbell Island > Day at sea > Macquarie Island > Day at sea > Enderby & Auckland Islands > The Snares > Dusky Sound > Milford Sound > Day at sea > Adele Island > Nelson > Kaikoura > LYTTELTON

ASIA

11 JUN 14 9614 SILVER DISCOVERER KOROR > Ngerkebesang Island, Palau > Colonia, YAP Island, YAP > Ulithi Atoll > Day at sea > Saipan, Marianas > Pagan > Maug Island > Day at sea > Chichi-jima > Cruise Tori-jima > Hachijo-jima > Miyako-jima > Day at sea > HAKODATE

ALASKA

11 JUL 11 9616 SILVER DISCOVERER NOME (ALASKA) > International Date Line > Provideniya > Enmelen Village > Anadyr > International Date Line > Hall Island > St. Matthew Island > St. Paul Islands > Dutch Harbour > Unga Village > Castle Bay > Uyak Bay > Amalik Bay, Geographic Harbour > SEWARD (ALASKA)

16 AUG 16 9619 SILVER DISCOVERER SEWARD (ALASKA) > Kukak Bay > Semidi Islands > Chignik > Unga Village > Dutch Harbour > Chagulak Island > Seguam Island > Atka Island > Kiska > Attu Island > International dateline > Day at sea > Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy > Shumshu Island > Atlasova Island > Matua Island > Yankicha Island > Chirpoy Island > Tyuleniy Island > Korsakov > OTARU

ANTARCTICA

02 FEB 18 7603 SILVER EXPLORER USHUAIA > Day at sea > New Island > West Point Island > Port Stanley > 2 Days at sea > South Georgia (3 days) > 2 Days at sea > Elephant Island (Antarctica) > Cruise and explore Antarctic Peninsula (4 days) > Drake Passage > USHUAIA

12 DEC 18 7628 SILVER EXPLORER USHUAIA > Drake Passage > Antarctic Peninsula (4 days) > Drake Passage > USHUAIA

NORTHERN EUROPE & BRITISH ISLES

21 MAY 12 7610 SILVER EXPLORER LEITH > Kirkwall, Orkney Islands > Lerwick > Isle of Noss > Stornoway, Isle of Lewis > St. Kilda > Portree, Isle of Skye > Armadale > Kinloch, Isle of Rum > Duart Castle > Oban > Iona > Lunga > Leknes > Church Bay, Rathlin Island > Portrush > GREENOCK

GALÁPAGOS ISLANDS

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SILVER GALÁPAGOS BALTRA > Bahia Darwin > El Barranco > Seymour Norte > Rabida > Bahia Ballena > Galapaguera Cerro Colorado > Punta Pitt > Bahia Gardner > Punta Suarez > Estacion Charles Darwin & Puerto Ayora > Plazas Sur > BALTRA

11 JUN20 AUG29 OCT

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SILVER GALÁPAGOS BALTRA > Bartolome > Playa Espumilla > Punta Vicente Roca > Punta Espinoza > Caleta Tagus > Bahia Elizabeth > Bahia Post Office > Islote Champion > Corona del Diablo > Punta Cormorant > Galapaguera Cerro Colorado > Cerro Brujo or Wizard Hill > Los Gemelos > Estacion Charles Darwin & Puerto Ayora > BALTRA

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