Craziest bird during field work, a Wilson's storm-petrel far from its natural habitat. At first I thought "weird how that swallow is behaving like a storm-petrel!" 🤯
Scott Reid
@scottinscilly.bsky.social
Scilly Birding | Seabirds | Living in the magical Isles of Scilly 🏝️ Challenger Expedition | Cape Verde Pelagics 🌊 Owner & Tour Leader at www.windshearbirding.com
5 species of storm petrel in one shot and there's potential for even more in this particular neck of the woods - the eastern Pacific off the coast of Peru #SuperSeabirdSunday #Birds Elliot's Storm Petrel Wedge-rumped Storm Petrel Ringed Storm Petrel Markham's Storm Petrel Least Storm Petrel
BOOK NOW! Cape Verde Pelagics - Spring 2027 🇨🇻 The Ultimate Western Palearctic Pelagics! - Four full day pelagics - Night excursion to Cape Verde Petrel colony - Full day land tour of Fogo - Six-nights clifftop B&B accommodation Visit www.windshearbirding.com for more info, dates & booking!
A very lovely Little Bittern at Porth Hellick this afternoon… another nice addition to what’s been a pleasant spring on Scilly with some great birding! Still a decent number of golden orioles and turtle doves around also 🙌☀️ #ScillyBirds
Spaces still available for Cape Verde Pelagics 07-13 May!!... One of the best pelagic birding experiences in the Western Palearctic! Follow the link below or send me a message for more information on the pelagics, bookings and travel logistics to Fogo. www.windshearbirding.com/_files/ugd/4...
Cape Verde Pelagics - March 2026 was a resounding success! Two weeklong pelagic package tours provided unrivalled views of the archipelagos endemic seabirds including the spectacular Cape Verde petrel, as well as discovering rarities including masked booby, black-capped petrel & black-headed heron!
*NEW* Cape Verde Pelagics 🇨🇻 March 2026 - only 2 spaces left on this exciting pelagic package trip in the southwest corner of the Western Palearctic! 4 full-day pelagics, night visit to a Pterodroma feae colony, day tour of Fogo - based in the town of São Filipe. Info at www.windshearbirding.com
Christmas can be an expensive time of year, so how about something for free? The @scottishbirding.bsky.social and Scottish Birds Records Committee are hosting a FREE online conference over the evenings of February 24th to the 26th. Three talks per night and some real belters among them.
You want the best? You got the best. Not @jonnybirder.bsky.social and me... we only got @nomadbirder.bsky.social on the pod! ♠️ There's also shout outs to @scottinscilly.bsky.social and @jakegearty.bsky.social #TheTwoJonnies #Podcast #Seabirds #Secretary thetwojonnies.podbean.com/e/the-two-jo...
The Two Jonnies Episode 5 | The Two Jonnies Podcast
Paul French’s in the house! The Two Jonnies - except in audio not visual format. We’re treading the same path as Birder’s Twitter and Birder’s Space - just trying to make more focussed episodes for yo...
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A great end to the week working on Tresco finding a pallid swift hawking around between the Abbey & Great Pool. Another top addition to a good start to Nov across the islands with two Pallas’s warblers, Richard’s pipit, dusky warbler, OBP, Rbfly & RND arriving in the last two days! #ScillyBirds
I have 3 spaces available for the 2026 Challenger Expedition to the continental shelf edge in British waters. See images below for more information, dates and contact details… #seabirds #UKbirding
Scilly’s first EYEBROWED THRUSH in 32 years! A real Scilly ‘Golden Era’ grip back for those of us not fortunate enough, or old enough, to be around for the remarkable run of SIX through the 80s & 90s. A proper stonker of a bird & a long overdue mega eastern thrush for the islands! #ScillyBirds
After two frustrating days the secrets of the St. Agnes mourning dove were finally revealed today! First for Scilly, first for England, sixth for Britain! A real heavyweight nearctic mega to get the pulses racing, and a very classy little bird it is too! #ScillyBirds
Neil McMahon@northantsbirding.bsky.social · 10mo agoAnother reason for visiting the Isles of Scilly (UK) is the opportunity of being up close with the large shearwaters and other sea-birds which are increasingly in these south west waters for some months of the year, thanks to Joe and the Scilly Pelagics team...🪶🐬 #ukbirding #scillypelagics
Chris Townend (Wise Birding)@wisebirding.bsky.social · 10mo agoNice to find this Rustic Bunting with the Mrs this evening on St Martin’s, Isles of Scilly. A subtle bird, in some ways, compared to obvious autumn males. Looks to be same bird found on St Agnes yesterday when comparing feather details. #ScillyBirding
Just back from a pelagic trip out to the Whittard Canyon area on the continental shelf edge with @scillypelagics.bsky.social @scottinscilly.bsky.social @nomadbirder.bsky.social Madeiran Storm Petrel reclassified from MEGA!!! to scarce summer visitor in one evening with 84 counted last night! 😂
A couple of lovely nearctic waders recently delivered to Scilly by the early autumn westerly gales. Pectoral sandpiper, Porth Hellick. Buff-breasted sandpiper, St. Mary’s Airfield. #ScillyBirds #RareBirdsUK #ukbirding
Western Bonelli’s Warbler, present for its sixth day, showing very well in the Garrison Dead Pines this morning. Scilly’s 34th record of WBW - undoubtedly one of, if not the, most reliable place to see the species in Britain. #ScillyBirds #RareBirdsUK #UKbirding
Two lovely nudibranchs from Porthcressa Bay, Isles of Scilly. White-sparkled facelina (Facelina annulicornis) Four-lined polycera (Polycera quadriliniata) #MarineLife #UKWildlife
The excellent start to the Scilly Pelagic season continued last night with a great showing of 20 Wilson’s storm-petrels, 14 Cory’s shearwaters, and a 1s Sabine’s gull #seabirds #scillybirds #ukbirding
Our 10 year old son, Orkney, will attempt his first triathlon today on the Isles of Scilly 💪 raising money for Marine Conservation Society 🦑 and Island Haven ☀️ He will swim 0.5km 🏊 , cycle 20km 🚲 and run 10km 🏃♂️ Please sponsor him and show him your support 🙌 givestar.io/gs/orkneys-f...
