Scott Reid

…he is a talented long-distance runner (coastal trail running, not road running) and is incredibly driven and motivated by his personal goals and challenges. We appreciate guidelines, but not everyone fits in the box. We work with him to plan his endurance events based on his ability.

Thanks for your concern. This was not an organised event. My son has been running since he was six years old & has been setting himself endurance challenges since the age of 8. He has to date completed 55km in 5 days, a half marathon, & recently a triathlon, having raised upwards of £8k for charity

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

😃 Orkney says thank you, Matt 🙏

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 🙌

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A superb Scilly stormie session last night with 35 European storm-petrels ringed & released in just under two hours, a good total considering a 77% waxing moon.

Our small team of helpers did a brilliant job, several of them enjoying their first ever stormie experience 🙌

#seabirds #ukbirding

#WorldSeabirdDay Back in March I visited Fogo where, during c.50hrs birding at sea & a night of research in the foothills of Pico do Fogo, I enjoyed the most intimate of experiences with the ultimate seabird - the Fea’s Petrel (Pterodroma feae).

A lifelong ambition fulfilled 🇨🇻

#Seabirds

Three Wilson’s storm-petrel. Near two individuals both fresh juvs., distant bird a moulting adult.

Cory’s shearwater

Sooty shearwater

Manx shearwater

More excellent pelagic birding off Scilly yesterday with 6 Wilson’s storm-petrels, 6 Cory’s, 1 great & 1 sooty shearwater, amongst dozens of local Euro stormies & Manxies.

Getting ‘the big three’, & multiple Wilson’s in one photo frame, in June is absurd!

#ScillyPelagics #Seabirds #UKbirding 🪶

Wilson’s storm-petrels are steadily making their way in. Three on tonight’s Scilly Pelagic - two moulting adults and one fresh juv. - alongside 30 or so European storm-petrels. Two early Sabine’s gulls were a welcome bonus #ScillyPelagics #ScillyBirds #Seabirds

Wilson’s storm-petrels are steadily making their way in. Three on tonight’s Scilly Pelagic - two moulting adults and one fresh juv. - alongside 30 or so European storm-petrels. Two early Sabine’s gulls were a welcome bonus #ScillyPelagics #ScillyBirds

Best of luck out there this year, Dave 🙌🤞

Tenerife blue chaffinch at Las Lajas yesterday. Bold, charismatic, vocal and confiding… they lived up to the hype! 5-6 birds in total around the drinking pools and picnic area.

Nice surprise only a couple of hours after arriving in Cornwall yesterday evening finding a gull-billed tern at Loe Pool. Always distant in poor light, but a cool bird nonetheless.

Ironically the last one in Britain was just 100 yards from my front door, at Porthcressa last August! #CornwallBirds

Enjoyable rockpooling in Scilly this week, the highlight being this superb Polycera quadrilineata which performed beautifully for our safari group #ScillyRockpools #Nudibranchs 🦑

A little ray of Scilly sunshine… Male citrine wagtail on Bryher this evening. A top spring find by John O’Sullivan earlier in the day! Amazingly my first male citrine wagtail ever, anywhere! 🙌 #ScillyBirds

News from Fogo this afternoon that the lights will be turned off from today, thanks to swift action and communication by the Projecto Vito team 🙌

News from Fogo this afternoon that the lights will be turned off from today, thanks to swift action and communication by the Projecto Vito team 🙌

Am switching from Twitter and putting my last few posts from Twitter onto BlueSky:
2 Black-capped Petrels from pelagic, 4 miles west of Sao Filipe, Fogo, 21 March, around boat for 27 minutes by first last photo. This photo by Kirk Zufelt. #seabirds

Mist netting Cape Verde Petrel Pterodroma feae, 21 March, in conjunction with research of Projecto Vitó Cabo Verde (on Fogo) - Herculano Dinis, Jacob Gonzales Solis and team. 23 birds processed. Much learning. #seabirds

Any one of these would do nicely!

Looks like cinereocapilla 👍

Black-capped petrel, 5km west of São Filipe

Red-billed tropicbird, Ilhéu de Cima

White-faced storm-petrel, 12km SE of Brava

Cape Verde Petrel, 8km SSW of São Filipe

An exceptional first 3 (of 7) days pelagic seabirding off Fogo, Cape Verde with 18+ hours spent at sea and c.150km traveled so far.

Many highlights, but this mornings black-capped petrels steal the headlines… undoubtedly the best ever views of the species in the Western Palearctic!

#seabirds

First day on Fogo & an early morning seawatch from our São Filipe apartment balcony… no less than five minutes in & a black-capped petrel flies through my scope!! Large numbers of Fea’s petrels, Cape Verde shearwaters, red-billed tropicbirds, and a Boyd’s shear also. This afternoon we go to sea 🌊

Great to see, Dave!! 🙌 Best of luck out there this year! 🌊

…in all, and from over 18 months of research and planning prior to the first trip last year, I believe the current set-up is the most affordable, efficient, reliable and environmentally responsible way of running British trips to the shelf edge. Nonetheless, I’ll always consider other options 😁

Availability is an issue, but there are survey vessels and small expedition cruises that would be suitable. However given some of the pricing I’ve come across, cost per person would be considerably more than we’re currently paying…

…however, there is some scope for something larger scale, i.e. a small cruise, but that comes with its own challenges. I’ve looked in to it, but there’s no immediate plans to run such a trip.

Duration and cost won’t change much with the current set up and scale. Our sailing yacht is currently the cheapest charter option possible to take ten of us out there. The current duration gives us five days ‘on site’, plus travel time. A narrow window there is just too risky re weather…

This pied crow initially arrived on St. Mary’s for a day in late December before returning in February, settling in Old Town where it has been residing now for the past fortnight.

Some interesting decisions to be made on the recent ‘influx’ of the species in to Europe!

#ScillyBirds #rarebirdsuk

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 & much more, all in British waters. Sept 14th-22nd from Plymouth.
Email scottreid.scilly@gmail.com for more info #seabirds