A fabulous day on Tresco leading the Tresco, Bryher and St. Agnes Five Islands Academy primary school children on a rockpool safari at Green Porth! Lots of brilliant discoveries and happy faces! Thank you for having us 🙌☀️ #scillyrockpools

A challenging safari yesterday in wet and windy weather but our small group of four were tough! They stuck it out and discovered starfish, cowries, solar-powered sea slugs and lots more 💨🌧🦀 #scillyrockpools

Violet sea snails (Janthina janthina) on Scilly today - ten found on a quick check of Town Beach at lunchtime! The rare arrival of this tropical water mollusc coincides with a big offshore movement of their prey, by-the-wind sailors, at the end of last week! Magic!! 🌊🐌🟣

More tropical voyagers on Scilly!! Kris Webb found this COCONUT today whilst out kayaking! He brought it back to St. Mary’s then phoned me to say a COLUMBUS CRAB had just dropped out of it! What a journey both coconut and crab must have been on!! 🌊🥥🦀Scilly Rockpool Safaris

We can’t get enough of violet sea snails! Over 60 of these tropical pelagic wanderers have been found across Scilly in the past week, & are now being discovered as far north as the Outer Hebrides! Their arrival in such numbers is unprecedented - & they’re simply stunning 🤩

Another day, another violet sea snail, fresh in at Bar Point… only this one wasn’t alone! Such is their lifestyle of bobbing around on the sea surface, it’s no surprise that this rough goose barnacle (Lepas pectinata) found it to be a suitable host! Isn’t nature incredible 🤩

Oh wow!! That’s special! 🐚🦀🌟

More Violet Sea Snails on the #Tresco IOS beaches this morning. Lovely colours of nature. Lucy McRobert Isles of Scilly Wildlife Trust Scilly Rockpool Safaris St Mary's Boatmen

Lovely iridescence on the Irish Moss #seaweed on St Mary's, IOS. This underwater shining spectacle on sunny days is fascinating, but why? Interesting article at bit.ly/3JDu2Fr St Mary's Boatmen Isles of Scilly Wildlife Trust Scilly Rockpool Safaris

Today I saw my first ever starfish. In total we found 3 different species: 7 legged, cushion and spiny. A fantastic couple of hours spent with Scilly Rockpool Safaris

Last Thursday we had a fantastic time with Scilly Rockpool Safari Scilly Rockpool Safaris Today we received this lovely postcard from them. If you’re ever on the Isles of Scilly I’d definitely recommend the session led by Scott, Samaya, Orkney and family. #islesofscilly

Great rock pooling yesterday at Porthcressa with Scilly Rockpool Safaris including Seven armed Starfish, Spiny Starfish, Common Starfish, Rosy Feather star.

Fantastic rock-pooling trip out with Scilly Rockpool Safaris this morning - lots of salty highlights: tiny cowries; miniature Squat Lobster; enormous Dahlia Anemone and the super delicate-looking Feathered Starfish. @ScillyTIC Isles of Scilly Wildlife Trust #wildlife #nature Thanks Scott Reid

Very smart little Blue-rayed Limpet from this morning's trip out in Porthcressa Bay, #StMarys with Scilly Rockpool Safaris. This wee beastie found on one of the many bits of kelp in the bay. Nice! Scott Reid Isles of Scilly Wildlife Trust @ScillyTIC #wildlife #nature

⭐️ANNOUNCEMENT⭐️ Our rockpool safari schedule and bookings for 2023 are now live on our website 🙌 If you can’t see any dates that fit in with your visit to the islands, please get in touch and we’ll do our very best to accommodate you! 🦀 scillyrockpoolsafaris.co.uk

Welcome back friend 🐋🖤🌊

150 days since we started finding violet sea snails on Scilly, & they’re still arriving! Locals have been finding small numbers recently following westerly gales, but this one from Porthmellon today is the first one that we’ve found for quite some time! Exceptional critters! 💜

Finally, after years searching, I’ve found my own sea bean on St. Mary’s! 😃 A ‘sea heart’ - the seed of the monkey-ladder (Entada gigas), a tropical woody vine of Central American rainforests. Extreme seed dispersal at play! 🌊 A treasured find 🤎🙌 #PWC2023 #AlternativeFind

A superb orange-clubbed sea slug (Limacia clavigera) found on Tresco today whilst leading a rockpool safari for a 5th birthday party… What better way to celebrate turning five than seeing a nudibranch, right?!! 😁🙌 Scilly Rockpool Safaris

Four species of nudibranch from todays superb St. Mary’s ‘pontooning’ session, including these spangled beauts - Amphorina linensis (left) & Amphorina farrani (right) - both new for the Scilly Rockpool Safaris Reids and Elon Musk is a tragic worm person 💛🤙 #sendnudes