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There are far better photos from those positioned at the stern but last night we enjoyed a brief encounter with Scilly Pelagic’s 5th (my 4th) South Polar Skua in a little over 12 months as we steamed back towards St. Mary’s. See Scilly Pelagics for more images & ID breakdown 🌊

Our 3rd south polar skua of the Scilly Pelagics season, a dark moulting 2cy bird, offered better & more prolonged views than the previous few records. In addition 1500+ great shears, 6 Wilson’s & a smattering of Cory’s & sooty shears, set the tone for the weekend ahead 🙌 🌊

Scilly’s first gull-billed tern in 24 yrs spent y’day afternoon feeding along the tideline of Porthcressa Beach for a crowd of appreciative observers. Absolute Scilly gold & the first ‘gettable’ record for the islands, with all previous birds being ‘one-dayers’! #ScillyBirds

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Here we go! Next stop the continental shelf edge. It’s been over 18 months in the making and we’re underway! 🌊 ⛵️ See you in week 👋

A welcome home gift! Barely ashore for an hour and a paddyfield warbler is caught at Porth Hellick! #ScillyBirds

The most confiding lesser yellowlegs I’ve ever had the pleasure of spending time with - Stinking Porth, Bryher, yesterday afternoon #ScillyBirds

Belated news; Barau´s Petrel, Pterodroma baraui photographed at Cap Ferret by Guillaume Rey on 10th October 2024, confirmed from photos by Bob Flood and Hadoram Shirihai - the 1st record for France and Western Palearctic - More photos - faune-france.org/index.php?m_id…

Our September seabird expedition aboard Tall Ships Youth Trust ‘Challenger 1’ presented a rare opportunity to swim in Britain’s deepest seas! Drifting over the Whittard Channel, 185 miles southwest of the Isles of Scilly & at a depth of almost 4000m, we took the plunge! ⛵️ 🏊

An eastern-themed end to a calm and bright October on Scilly #ScillyBirds

The most ridiculous fifteen minutes spent alone with the Mount Todden Radde’s warbler, as I sat on the grass with it busily snaffling bugs around me 🕷️ My sixth Radde’s on Scilly but I’ve never enjoyed views even remotely as good as this!! 🔥 #ScillyBirds

Seabird Ecology Lab of #SEAGHOSTS has just started the fieldwork for band-rumped #stormpetrels in the Canaries with a great start: we've recovered the first geolocator during the first night of work!! More soon... IRBioUB Facultat de Biologia UB Universitat de Barcelona Fundación Biodiversidad Biodiversa+ (European Biodiversity Partnership)

I have one space available on the 2025 Challenger Expedition to the continental shelf edge. The 2024 trip yielded Madeiran storm-petrels, barolo shearwaters, a fea’s-type petrel, & more, in British waters. Sept 14-22 from Plymouth. Email [email protected] if interested.

Gongon courtship flights in the "courtship bubble" (only part of the airspace is used). Thanks to Projecto Vito for the logistics support ⁦Associação Projecto Vitó⁩ . Filmed with Pulsar merger LRF XL50.

Fourth night at the Gongon courtship area on Fogo(Cabo Verde). Storm !Birds remained high in the air so no pictures but their high-speed chasing flights with mid-air touching and stalling were even more spectacular than during the previous nights. Filmed with Pulsar Merger XL50