Scott Reid

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!

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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.

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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.

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Two lovely nudibranchs from Porthcressa Bay, Isles of Scilly.

White-sparkled facelina (Facelina annulicornis)

Four-lined polycera (Polycera quadriliniata)

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Great effort 🙌

Judging by the length of the skull/jaws it’s most likely a short-beaked common dolphin

…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 🙌

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#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 🇨🇻

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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!

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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.