Scottish Seabird Centre
@seabirdcentre.bsky.social
Marine conservation and education charity supported by an award-winning visitor attraction in the stunning coastal town of North Berwick.
For 25 years we have been helping people connect with Scotland’s amazing marine wildlife, habitats & iconic seabirds.
For 25 years we have been helping people connect with Scotland’s amazing marine wildlife, habitats & iconic seabirds.
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We’ve united with nature charities across Scotland call on the First Minister to stop #BerwickBank. If progressed it could be the deadliest windfarm for birds on the planet.
Green energy is essential for the #climatecrisis, but not at this huge ecological cost↙️
www.seabird.org/press-releas...
Green energy is essential for the #climatecrisis, but not at this huge ecological cost↙️
www.seabird.org/press-releas...
It feels like the stormy seas are relentless at the moment🌊
Please stay safe if you're out and about by the coast🙏
Our cosy, friendly café will be open tomorrow from 10am for some front row seats of the huge waves!☕
📷©️Dora Roden
Please stay safe if you're out and about by the coast🙏
Our cosy, friendly café will be open tomorrow from 10am for some front row seats of the huge waves!☕
📷©️Dora Roden
February 4, 2026 at 5:15 PM
It feels like the stormy seas are relentless at the moment🌊
Please stay safe if you're out and about by the coast🙏
Our cosy, friendly café will be open tomorrow from 10am for some front row seats of the huge waves!☕
📷©️Dora Roden
Please stay safe if you're out and about by the coast🙏
Our cosy, friendly café will be open tomorrow from 10am for some front row seats of the huge waves!☕
📷©️Dora Roden
The first few weeks of the year have flown by and our next Members' 'Wildlife Wednesday' event is tomorrow!⌛
All of our Members are welcome to join (and bring a friend)!
Come along to our Café for a chat with the conservation team all about the latest wildlife and conservation news📢☕
All of our Members are welcome to join (and bring a friend)!
Come along to our Café for a chat with the conservation team all about the latest wildlife and conservation news📢☕
February 3, 2026 at 12:01 PM
The first few weeks of the year have flown by and our next Members' 'Wildlife Wednesday' event is tomorrow!⌛
All of our Members are welcome to join (and bring a friend)!
Come along to our Café for a chat with the conservation team all about the latest wildlife and conservation news📢☕
All of our Members are welcome to join (and bring a friend)!
Come along to our Café for a chat with the conservation team all about the latest wildlife and conservation news📢☕
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Care about marine species & habitats? #RestorationForth has exciting upcoming events in Fife, Edinburgh & East Lothian!
Bird survey (4 Feb) 🦆
Coastal conversations (8 Feb) 🌱
Oyster deployment (5 March) 🌊
Oyster biosecurity (Feb & March) 🦪
Sign up: www.wwf.org.uk/what-we-do/p... #MarineConservation
Bird survey (4 Feb) 🦆
Coastal conversations (8 Feb) 🌱
Oyster deployment (5 March) 🌊
Oyster biosecurity (Feb & March) 🦪
Sign up: www.wwf.org.uk/what-we-do/p... #MarineConservation
January 27, 2026 at 4:03 PM
Care about marine species & habitats? #RestorationForth has exciting upcoming events in Fife, Edinburgh & East Lothian!
Bird survey (4 Feb) 🦆
Coastal conversations (8 Feb) 🌱
Oyster deployment (5 March) 🌊
Oyster biosecurity (Feb & March) 🦪
Sign up: www.wwf.org.uk/what-we-do/p... #MarineConservation
Bird survey (4 Feb) 🦆
Coastal conversations (8 Feb) 🌱
Oyster deployment (5 March) 🌊
Oyster biosecurity (Feb & March) 🦪
Sign up: www.wwf.org.uk/what-we-do/p... #MarineConservation
Good news to end the week!💙⬇
Big win for Scotland’s nature! The Natural Environment Bill passed by MSPs will bring in legally binding targets to restore wildlife and habitats. Huge thanks to LINK’s members and supporters who helped make this happen! Let’s keep pushing for strong action and funding to restore Scotland’s nature.
January 30, 2026 at 10:06 AM
Good news to end the week!💙⬇
Sustainability is very important to us.
So much so, that we offer a 20% discount on Discovery Experience ticket prices to anyone visiting with a valid (same day) Scotrail ticket.
Simply show your ticket to a member of our friendly team!
#GreenTourism #SustainableTravel #ScotRail #NationalRail
So much so, that we offer a 20% discount on Discovery Experience ticket prices to anyone visiting with a valid (same day) Scotrail ticket.
Simply show your ticket to a member of our friendly team!
#GreenTourism #SustainableTravel #ScotRail #NationalRail
January 23, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Sustainability is very important to us.
So much so, that we offer a 20% discount on Discovery Experience ticket prices to anyone visiting with a valid (same day) Scotrail ticket.
Simply show your ticket to a member of our friendly team!
#GreenTourism #SustainableTravel #ScotRail #NationalRail
So much so, that we offer a 20% discount on Discovery Experience ticket prices to anyone visiting with a valid (same day) Scotrail ticket.
Simply show your ticket to a member of our friendly team!
#GreenTourism #SustainableTravel #ScotRail #NationalRail
Keen to make a little resolution to have less litter littering our lovely beaches?🚯
You'll love our upcoming 2026 Less Litter Resolution Nurdle Hunt!
Join us on Friday, 23 January, 11am-12pm to look for nurdles along the North Berwick coastline👀
You'll love our upcoming 2026 Less Litter Resolution Nurdle Hunt!
Join us on Friday, 23 January, 11am-12pm to look for nurdles along the North Berwick coastline👀
January 18, 2026 at 5:21 PM
Keen to make a little resolution to have less litter littering our lovely beaches?🚯
You'll love our upcoming 2026 Less Litter Resolution Nurdle Hunt!
Join us on Friday, 23 January, 11am-12pm to look for nurdles along the North Berwick coastline👀
You'll love our upcoming 2026 Less Litter Resolution Nurdle Hunt!
Join us on Friday, 23 January, 11am-12pm to look for nurdles along the North Berwick coastline👀
Humpback whales are regular visitors to Scottish seas (particularly over the winter months) - you've probably seen that there's one hanging out near us in the Firth of Forth right now!🐋
Below are just some of our favourite facts about humpback whales - enjoy💙
Have a whaley good weekend🙌
Below are just some of our favourite facts about humpback whales - enjoy💙
Have a whaley good weekend🙌
January 16, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Humpback whales are regular visitors to Scottish seas (particularly over the winter months) - you've probably seen that there's one hanging out near us in the Firth of Forth right now!🐋
Below are just some of our favourite facts about humpback whales - enjoy💙
Have a whaley good weekend🙌
Below are just some of our favourite facts about humpback whales - enjoy💙
Have a whaley good weekend🙌
It's nearly time for another episode of #TheTraitors 📺
To get you ready, we've had a think about which seabirds might make the most devious traitors, the most trustworthy faithfuls, or some of the unfairly treated players! #JusticeForHerringGull
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To get you ready, we've had a think about which seabirds might make the most devious traitors, the most trustworthy faithfuls, or some of the unfairly treated players! #JusticeForHerringGull
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January 15, 2026 at 7:02 PM
It's nearly time for another episode of #TheTraitors 📺
To get you ready, we've had a think about which seabirds might make the most devious traitors, the most trustworthy faithfuls, or some of the unfairly treated players! #JusticeForHerringGull
[Thread]
To get you ready, we've had a think about which seabirds might make the most devious traitors, the most trustworthy faithfuls, or some of the unfairly treated players! #JusticeForHerringGull
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Exciting News🙌📢
Our Holiday Club will return next half-term from the 16th to 20th of February!
Further info, including how to sign up, coming soon👀
📷Helen Pugh
Our Holiday Club will return next half-term from the 16th to 20th of February!
Further info, including how to sign up, coming soon👀
📷Helen Pugh
January 15, 2026 at 1:10 PM
Exciting News🙌📢
Our Holiday Club will return next half-term from the 16th to 20th of February!
Further info, including how to sign up, coming soon👀
📷Helen Pugh
Our Holiday Club will return next half-term from the 16th to 20th of February!
Further info, including how to sign up, coming soon👀
📷Helen Pugh
The dates for the Isle of May Landing Trips are now LIVE & available to book online.
Leaving from North Berwick Harbour, this is the ultimate all-round seabird experience & particularly great for seeing puffins
https://seabird-centre.seafari-edinburgh.co.uk/forth-ferry-and-isle-of-may
📷G Macvean
Leaving from North Berwick Harbour, this is the ultimate all-round seabird experience & particularly great for seeing puffins
https://seabird-centre.seafari-edinburgh.co.uk/forth-ferry-and-isle-of-may
📷G Macvean
January 14, 2026 at 6:50 PM
The dates for the Isle of May Landing Trips are now LIVE & available to book online.
Leaving from North Berwick Harbour, this is the ultimate all-round seabird experience & particularly great for seeing puffins
https://seabird-centre.seafari-edinburgh.co.uk/forth-ferry-and-isle-of-may
📷G Macvean
Leaving from North Berwick Harbour, this is the ultimate all-round seabird experience & particularly great for seeing puffins
https://seabird-centre.seafari-edinburgh.co.uk/forth-ferry-and-isle-of-may
📷G Macvean
A devastating blow for Scotland's declining #seabird populations.
UK government has awarded a contract for difference to #BerwickBank - an offshore wind development predicted to kill tens of thousands of seabirds over it's lifetime.
Our CEO Harry Huyton, responds⬇
www.seabird.org/press-releas...
UK government has awarded a contract for difference to #BerwickBank - an offshore wind development predicted to kill tens of thousands of seabirds over it's lifetime.
Our CEO Harry Huyton, responds⬇
www.seabird.org/press-releas...
Berwick Bank windfarm, which is predicted to kill tens of thousands of seabirds, has been awarded public subsidy.
www.seabird.org
January 14, 2026 at 1:26 PM
A devastating blow for Scotland's declining #seabird populations.
UK government has awarded a contract for difference to #BerwickBank - an offshore wind development predicted to kill tens of thousands of seabirds over it's lifetime.
Our CEO Harry Huyton, responds⬇
www.seabird.org/press-releas...
UK government has awarded a contract for difference to #BerwickBank - an offshore wind development predicted to kill tens of thousands of seabirds over it's lifetime.
Our CEO Harry Huyton, responds⬇
www.seabird.org/press-releas...
Check out this awesome new blog from BTO all about the science and art of seabird poo (including this briliant comic): https://www.bto.org/our-work/news/blog/science-and-art-seabird-poo
Read the full comic in the blog📰
Artwork ©️Anna Dupont-Crabtree
BTO Scotland
BTO | British Trust for Ornithology
Read the full comic in the blog📰
Artwork ©️Anna Dupont-Crabtree
BTO Scotland
BTO | British Trust for Ornithology
January 13, 2026 at 5:45 PM
Check out this awesome new blog from BTO all about the science and art of seabird poo (including this briliant comic): https://www.bto.org/our-work/news/blog/science-and-art-seabird-poo
Read the full comic in the blog📰
Artwork ©️Anna Dupont-Crabtree
BTO Scotland
BTO | British Trust for Ornithology
Read the full comic in the blog📰
Artwork ©️Anna Dupont-Crabtree
BTO Scotland
BTO | British Trust for Ornithology
Our seabird of the month for January is the beautiful, elegant & grumpy-looking fulmar.
Feeling a little tired & after more daylight this month? You're carrying some real fulmar energy.
Just be sure not to spit out any foul-smelling substances... (yes, fulmars really can do this in self-defense)💙
Feeling a little tired & after more daylight this month? You're carrying some real fulmar energy.
Just be sure not to spit out any foul-smelling substances... (yes, fulmars really can do this in self-defense)💙
January 11, 2026 at 6:55 PM
Our seabird of the month for January is the beautiful, elegant & grumpy-looking fulmar.
Feeling a little tired & after more daylight this month? You're carrying some real fulmar energy.
Just be sure not to spit out any foul-smelling substances... (yes, fulmars really can do this in self-defense)💙
Feeling a little tired & after more daylight this month? You're carrying some real fulmar energy.
Just be sure not to spit out any foul-smelling substances... (yes, fulmars really can do this in self-defense)💙
We're Hiring!📢
Looking for a new challenge?
We’re looking for Café Assistants to join our friendly team.
More info and role profile⬇️
www.seabird.org/vacancies/ca...
Looking for a new challenge?
We’re looking for Café Assistants to join our friendly team.
More info and role profile⬇️
www.seabird.org/vacancies/ca...
January 9, 2026 at 10:53 AM
We're Hiring!📢
Looking for a new challenge?
We’re looking for Café Assistants to join our friendly team.
More info and role profile⬇️
www.seabird.org/vacancies/ca...
Looking for a new challenge?
We’re looking for Café Assistants to join our friendly team.
More info and role profile⬇️
www.seabird.org/vacancies/ca...
Thank you to Bruce Meldrum for allowing us to share these incredible images of a humpback whale breaching in the Firth of Forth!
Winter is a great time to spot visiting cetaceans (particularly humpbacks) around Scotland's shores❄️🐋
Winter is a great time to spot visiting cetaceans (particularly humpbacks) around Scotland's shores❄️🐋
January 7, 2026 at 10:29 AM
Thank you to Bruce Meldrum for allowing us to share these incredible images of a humpback whale breaching in the Firth of Forth!
Winter is a great time to spot visiting cetaceans (particularly humpbacks) around Scotland's shores❄️🐋
Winter is a great time to spot visiting cetaceans (particularly humpbacks) around Scotland's shores❄️🐋
We were treated to some lovely wintery scenes in North Berwick this morning with a light dusting of snow covering the beach ❄️🏖️
It might be chilly but a coastal walk at this time of year can still be rewarding (plus you can warm up with a hot drink in our Café afterwards!)☕🍵
It might be chilly but a coastal walk at this time of year can still be rewarding (plus you can warm up with a hot drink in our Café afterwards!)☕🍵
January 6, 2026 at 1:06 PM
We were treated to some lovely wintery scenes in North Berwick this morning with a light dusting of snow covering the beach ❄️🏖️
It might be chilly but a coastal walk at this time of year can still be rewarding (plus you can warm up with a hot drink in our Café afterwards!)☕🍵
It might be chilly but a coastal walk at this time of year can still be rewarding (plus you can warm up with a hot drink in our Café afterwards!)☕🍵
Heading out for a wintery coastal stroll this weekend?❄️
While it's always a delight to spot shorebirds, it's important to remember that every time they take flight they are using precious energy...
📷Jamie McDermaid
While it's always a delight to spot shorebirds, it's important to remember that every time they take flight they are using precious energy...
📷Jamie McDermaid
January 3, 2026 at 9:00 AM
Heading out for a wintery coastal stroll this weekend?❄️
While it's always a delight to spot shorebirds, it's important to remember that every time they take flight they are using precious energy...
📷Jamie McDermaid
While it's always a delight to spot shorebirds, it's important to remember that every time they take flight they are using precious energy...
📷Jamie McDermaid
Happy New Year from the Scottish Seabird Centre!💙🥳
Here's to a happy and healthy 2026 for people and for nature🦭🐬🌊
We're open today from 11am and look forward to welcoming our first visitors of the year!
📷Jamie McDermaid
Here's to a happy and healthy 2026 for people and for nature🦭🐬🌊
We're open today from 11am and look forward to welcoming our first visitors of the year!
📷Jamie McDermaid
January 1, 2026 at 9:30 AM
Happy New Year from the Scottish Seabird Centre!💙🥳
Here's to a happy and healthy 2026 for people and for nature🦭🐬🌊
We're open today from 11am and look forward to welcoming our first visitors of the year!
📷Jamie McDermaid
Here's to a happy and healthy 2026 for people and for nature🦭🐬🌊
We're open today from 11am and look forward to welcoming our first visitors of the year!
📷Jamie McDermaid
With the help of you - our amazing supporters, members, volunteers, partners, funders and more - we've achieved so much this year! Thank you🙏
Here's to another year of protecting Scotland's seabirds, restoring our seas, and inspiring others💙
Here's to another year of protecting Scotland's seabirds, restoring our seas, and inspiring others💙
December 31, 2025 at 1:13 PM
With the help of you - our amazing supporters, members, volunteers, partners, funders and more - we've achieved so much this year! Thank you🙏
Here's to another year of protecting Scotland's seabirds, restoring our seas, and inspiring others💙
Here's to another year of protecting Scotland's seabirds, restoring our seas, and inspiring others💙
Scottish Seabird Advent Calendar - Day 30🗓️
The final image from our Seabird Photography Competition Exhibition is this absolutely stunning shot of a razorbill on the Isle of May, taken by Anwen Whitehead📷
The final image from our Seabird Photography Competition Exhibition is this absolutely stunning shot of a razorbill on the Isle of May, taken by Anwen Whitehead📷
December 30, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Scottish Seabird Advent Calendar - Day 30🗓️
The final image from our Seabird Photography Competition Exhibition is this absolutely stunning shot of a razorbill on the Isle of May, taken by Anwen Whitehead📷
The final image from our Seabird Photography Competition Exhibition is this absolutely stunning shot of a razorbill on the Isle of May, taken by Anwen Whitehead📷
Scottish Seabird Advent Calendar - Day 29🗓️
Today's image from our Seabird Photography Competition Exhibition is this striking capture of a common guillemot on the Isle of May, taken by Anwen Whitehead📷
Today's image from our Seabird Photography Competition Exhibition is this striking capture of a common guillemot on the Isle of May, taken by Anwen Whitehead📷
December 29, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Scottish Seabird Advent Calendar - Day 29🗓️
Today's image from our Seabird Photography Competition Exhibition is this striking capture of a common guillemot on the Isle of May, taken by Anwen Whitehead📷
Today's image from our Seabird Photography Competition Exhibition is this striking capture of a common guillemot on the Isle of May, taken by Anwen Whitehead📷
Our friend and talented wildlife photographer, Rachel Bigsby, has created a petition calling on the Scottish Government to Stop the Guga Hunt on Sula Sgeir.
Over 21,000 people have already signed to show their support.
You can sign it here: petitions.parliament.scot/petitions/PE...
Over 21,000 people have already signed to show their support.
You can sign it here: petitions.parliament.scot/petitions/PE...
Petition: Stop the Guga Hunt
Calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to amend Section 16 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 to remove the power to grant licences for taking Gannets on Sula Sgeir.
petitions.parliament.scot
December 29, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Our friend and talented wildlife photographer, Rachel Bigsby, has created a petition calling on the Scottish Government to Stop the Guga Hunt on Sula Sgeir.
Over 21,000 people have already signed to show their support.
You can sign it here: petitions.parliament.scot/petitions/PE...
Over 21,000 people have already signed to show their support.
You can sign it here: petitions.parliament.scot/petitions/PE...
Scottish Seabird Advent Calendar - Day 28🗓️🎉
Today's image from our Seabird Photography Competition Exhibition is this incredible picture of a gannet in flight by the Bass Rock, taken by Anwen Whitehead📷
Today's image from our Seabird Photography Competition Exhibition is this incredible picture of a gannet in flight by the Bass Rock, taken by Anwen Whitehead📷
December 28, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Scottish Seabird Advent Calendar - Day 28🗓️🎉
Today's image from our Seabird Photography Competition Exhibition is this incredible picture of a gannet in flight by the Bass Rock, taken by Anwen Whitehead📷
Today's image from our Seabird Photography Competition Exhibition is this incredible picture of a gannet in flight by the Bass Rock, taken by Anwen Whitehead📷
This is still a great time of year to spot wildlife around our coasts 🐦🦭🌊
Why not use our FREE shorebird spotter sheet to help you identify some of the species you might see? It's available to download from our website: www.seabird.org/uploads/stor...
📷©️Jamie McDermaid
Why not use our FREE shorebird spotter sheet to help you identify some of the species you might see? It's available to download from our website: www.seabird.org/uploads/stor...
📷©️Jamie McDermaid
December 28, 2025 at 9:06 AM
This is still a great time of year to spot wildlife around our coasts 🐦🦭🌊
Why not use our FREE shorebird spotter sheet to help you identify some of the species you might see? It's available to download from our website: www.seabird.org/uploads/stor...
📷©️Jamie McDermaid
Why not use our FREE shorebird spotter sheet to help you identify some of the species you might see? It's available to download from our website: www.seabird.org/uploads/stor...
📷©️Jamie McDermaid
Scottish Seabird Advent Calendar - Day 27🗓️🎉
Today's image from our Seabird Photography Competition Exhibition is this lovely shadowy shot of a gannet on the Bass Rock, taken by Oscar Palmer📷
Today's image from our Seabird Photography Competition Exhibition is this lovely shadowy shot of a gannet on the Bass Rock, taken by Oscar Palmer📷
December 27, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Scottish Seabird Advent Calendar - Day 27🗓️🎉
Today's image from our Seabird Photography Competition Exhibition is this lovely shadowy shot of a gannet on the Bass Rock, taken by Oscar Palmer📷
Today's image from our Seabird Photography Competition Exhibition is this lovely shadowy shot of a gannet on the Bass Rock, taken by Oscar Palmer📷