David Steel How about some nesting cormorants? San Diego.

We hope everyone is safe but the tanker disaster off the East Yorkshire coast could have dire consequences for the east coast seabirds as the blog explains: isleofmaynnr.wordpress.com

Oh dear- dinged my back so I'm off driving and birding for a coupla days, but can still stand at an easel. I went for this one because I liked the way the Oyk thows a shadow over the taily end of the godwit.

Continuing our theme, not all seabirds head far and wide for the winter as some remain on and around the island, as the blog explains: isleofmaynnr.wordpress.com

Touchdown! The Puffins are back on the Isle of May as the blog explains (and got a few more photos) check it out: isleofmaynnr.wordpress.com

Welcome to Super Seabird Sunday where we ask you to share photos, videos & artwork to brighten up timelines. As puffins returned to North Sea colonies last week here they are on Isle of May on Wednesday #SuperSeabirdSunday

Please do as advised. Fabulous art work by the master! 😍

Welcome to Super Seabird Sunday where we ask you to share photos, videos & artwork of seabirds to brighten up timelines. Here is a close up of the majestic Razorbill on the Isle of May #SuperSeabirdSunday

David Steel Love the seabirds. Razorbill on Isle of May 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Kittiwakes on the cliffs of the Isle of May, such gentle Gulls and they’ve just returned from their wintering grounds off Greenland #seabirds

Morning a young Grey Seal enjoying the waters around the Isle of May

Party time! Six-Spot Burnet moths feasting on a thistle. The Wildlife Trusts Cornwall Butterfly Conservation #moths

Some sun drenched Avocet studies, Alresford creek, Essex EBwS Bird News Essex Wildlife Trust SWLA

This young Razorbill is ready to fledge! It’ll soon jump off the cliffs (yes they launch themselves off the cliff tops into the sea) and swim out with its father to the open sea where it’ll depend on him for a few months

Kittiwake chicks are hatching across the colonies on the Isle of May - read about this and a general update about our seabirds on tonight’s blog: isleofmaynnr.wordpress.com

Welcome to Super Seabird Sunday where we ask you to share photos, videos and artwork of seabirds to brighten up timelines. Here is my contribution, a Puffin collecting nest material on the Isle of May #SuperSeabirdSunday

Lapwing, oil on canvas, work in progress

All the fun of the fair at Global Birdfair come to Puffin marquee to the SWLA

Wonderful day 4 Best of North Wales Tour with Iolo Williams. Highlights included Dippers, Mandarins, Black Guillemots, Red-billed Chough, Manx Shearwaters, enchanting encounters with wild red squirrels! Come & join us.

Young Swallows gathering on Elder, resting, preening and a central bird sunbathing! Watercolour, 560 x 380mm. I am in awe of these young birds, so playful just now, frequent mass taking to the air but muxed with frequent periods of rest and preening, soon on their way South.