Welcome
Thank you for visiting Peter Harrison Seabirds. Meet author, artist, and conservationist Peter Harrison and learn about the making of his greatest work to date — SEABIRDS: The New Identification Guide.
Meet Peter Harrison
“My life has been an epic adventure of research and travel across the oceans and the seas of the world to study seabirds, birds that live where all others can’t…the open ocean.”
— Peter Harrison
Best Bird Book of 2021
SEABIRDS: The New Identification Guide is a comprehensive new field guide to the world’s 434 species of seabirds.
The culmination of a lifetime dedicated to seabirding, Peter Harrison’s book is a one-of-a-kind seabird guide, written and illustrated by a seabirder for seabirders.
Help Save Marion Island’s Seabirds
South Africa’s Marion Island is in trouble, as are the seabirds that call the island home. Invasive mice are preying on Marion Island’s globally important seabirds, undermining the integrity of the island’s ecosystem.
Peter Harrison is honored to serve as the first patron of the Mouse-Free Marion Project, an urgent effort to preserve the island’s globally significant biodiversity by eradicating invasive mice from Marion Island.
Learn how you can help save Marion Island’s seabirds.
From the Blog
Ocean Nomads: The Albatrosses
Peter Harrison presents “Ocean Nomads: The Albatrosses” at two Pacific Northwest events.
Join us in Port Townsend at Fort Worden’s Wheeler Theater, Sunday March 30, at 3:00 pm. A second lecture will be given at the Kitsap Audubon Society’s monthly gathering at the Poulsbo Library, Wednesday, April 9, at 6:00 pm.
The Birding Life Podcast February 2025
The Birding Life Podcast Season 11, Episode 2 with special guest Peter Harrison – "A Life with Albatrosses and the Urgency of Conservation"
In this conversation, Peter shares his deep passion for albatrosses, the challenges these birds face, and why the Mouse-Free Marion Project is one of the most urgent conservation efforts of our time.
Photo top of page: Wandering Albatross. © Peter Harrison
