David Steel
@steelyseabirder.bsky.social
Manager of Isle of May National Nature Reserve since 2015 having been on Farne Island 2001-2014. Also Scottish Birds Records Committee (SBRC) Chair
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David Steel
@steelyseabirder.bsky.social
· Nov 20
I co-authored a paper with Dr Chris Redfern looking into how people actually benefit nesting Arctic Terns on the Farne Islands (in complete contrast to what we have believed and thought). Link to the paper: nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/57ASV9...
Photo: Siegfried Woldhek #Seabirds
Photo: Siegfried Woldhek #Seabirds
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6 Puffins if you look close enough.
#SuperSeabirdSunday
#SuperSeabirdSunday
November 9, 2025 at 1:53 PM
6 Puffins if you look close enough.
#SuperSeabirdSunday
#SuperSeabirdSunday
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A day with @scillypelagics.bsky.social never disappoints. Great, Cory's, Sooty and Manx Shearwater, Euro and Wilson's Storm-petrel, Sabine's Gull, Arctic and Great Skua, Arctic and Black Tern plus dozens of Common Dolphin playing around the boat.
Every British birder should do this once. #UKbirds
Every British birder should do this once. #UKbirds
August 24, 2025 at 4:48 PM
A day with @scillypelagics.bsky.social never disappoints. Great, Cory's, Sooty and Manx Shearwater, Euro and Wilson's Storm-petrel, Sabine's Gull, Arctic and Great Skua, Arctic and Black Tern plus dozens of Common Dolphin playing around the boat.
Every British birder should do this once. #UKbirds
Every British birder should do this once. #UKbirds
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From wonderful and beloved Puffins to somewhat less beloved but still wonderful, a couple of Great Black-backed gulls fighting over a washed up Conger Eel on the mid-shore below the #UndercliffPath just east of #BrightonMarina a week ago.
Happy #SuperSeabirdSunday to all!
Happy #SuperSeabirdSunday to all!
November 9, 2025 at 11:08 AM
From wonderful and beloved Puffins to somewhat less beloved but still wonderful, a couple of Great Black-backed gulls fighting over a washed up Conger Eel on the mid-shore below the #UndercliffPath just east of #BrightonMarina a week ago.
Happy #SuperSeabirdSunday to all!
Happy #SuperSeabirdSunday to all!
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Cardiff Bay mega for #SuperSeabirdSunday - Red-throated Diver. It turned up on the 29th (I was away again), really didn't think it was going to stay but got home at 16:15 and was watching it at 16:30 - just enough light for photos #birdingWales #ukbirding #birds
November 2, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Cardiff Bay mega for #SuperSeabirdSunday - Red-throated Diver. It turned up on the 29th (I was away again), really didn't think it was going to stay but got home at 16:15 and was watching it at 16:30 - just enough light for photos #birdingWales #ukbirding #birds
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Brilliant footage of "where did everyone go?" Puffin vibe!
Mine is again the Fulmar that will be pairing up on the chalk cliffs in January so here's a pair from earlier in the year .. from above the #Undercliffpath just eat of Brighton. #SuperSeabirdSunday So looking forward to seeing them!
Mine is again the Fulmar that will be pairing up on the chalk cliffs in January so here's a pair from earlier in the year .. from above the #Undercliffpath just eat of Brighton. #SuperSeabirdSunday So looking forward to seeing them!
November 2, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Brilliant footage of "where did everyone go?" Puffin vibe!
Mine is again the Fulmar that will be pairing up on the chalk cliffs in January so here's a pair from earlier in the year .. from above the #Undercliffpath just eat of Brighton. #SuperSeabirdSunday So looking forward to seeing them!
Mine is again the Fulmar that will be pairing up on the chalk cliffs in January so here's a pair from earlier in the year .. from above the #Undercliffpath just eat of Brighton. #SuperSeabirdSunday So looking forward to seeing them!
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Black-browed albatross at Bempton a few years ago for #SuperSeabirdSunday
November 3, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Black-browed albatross at Bempton a few years ago for #SuperSeabirdSunday
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The season for seeing these beauties may have passed but an adult Mediterranean Gull takes some beating (not saying it's the best gull but up there). This one photographed near Portsmouth back in June #superseabirdsunday #ukbirding
November 9, 2025 at 8:03 AM
The season for seeing these beauties may have passed but an adult Mediterranean Gull takes some beating (not saying it's the best gull but up there). This one photographed near Portsmouth back in June #superseabirdsunday #ukbirding
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Red-footed Booby carrying nesting material at Christmas Island. #SuperSeabirdSunday #seabirds #WildOz
November 9, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Red-footed Booby carrying nesting material at Christmas Island. #SuperSeabirdSunday #seabirds #WildOz
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#SuperSeabirdSunday Red-billed Tropicbird in St Lucia @steelyseabirder.bsky.social
November 9, 2025 at 8:06 AM
#SuperSeabirdSunday Red-billed Tropicbird in St Lucia @steelyseabirder.bsky.social
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November 9, 2025 at 8:05 AM
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Raindrops keep falling on my head
#seabirds #ukwildlife
#photography
#SuperSeabirdSunday
@steelyseabirder.bsky.social
#seabirds #ukwildlife
#photography
#SuperSeabirdSunday
@steelyseabirder.bsky.social
November 9, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Raindrops keep falling on my head
#seabirds #ukwildlife
#photography
#SuperSeabirdSunday
@steelyseabirder.bsky.social
#seabirds #ukwildlife
#photography
#SuperSeabirdSunday
@steelyseabirder.bsky.social
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A Northern gannet on the 9th May 2022 photographed while undertaking a bird survey around offshore installations in the North Sea #Wildlfe #Photography #Birds
Please check out the submissions at #SuperSeabirdSunday and give this a like and a repost if you like. Thanks.
@steelyseabirder.bsky.social
Please check out the submissions at #SuperSeabirdSunday and give this a like and a repost if you like. Thanks.
@steelyseabirder.bsky.social
November 9, 2025 at 8:43 AM
A Northern gannet on the 9th May 2022 photographed while undertaking a bird survey around offshore installations in the North Sea #Wildlfe #Photography #Birds
Please check out the submissions at #SuperSeabirdSunday and give this a like and a repost if you like. Thanks.
@steelyseabirder.bsky.social
Please check out the submissions at #SuperSeabirdSunday and give this a like and a repost if you like. Thanks.
@steelyseabirder.bsky.social
Welcome to Super Seabird Sunday where we ask you to share photos, videos & artwork of seabirds to brighten up timelines. Here are some Puffins from the Isle of May to get us started #SuperSeabirdSunday
November 9, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Welcome to Super Seabird Sunday where we ask you to share photos, videos & artwork of seabirds to brighten up timelines. Here are some Puffins from the Isle of May to get us started #SuperSeabirdSunday
It's been a busy time of recent on the Isle of may as the number of Grey Seals has increased dramatically and we now have 459 pups as the blog explains: isleofmaynnr.wordpress.com
November 8, 2025 at 5:54 PM
It's been a busy time of recent on the Isle of may as the number of Grey Seals has increased dramatically and we now have 459 pups as the blog explains: isleofmaynnr.wordpress.com
Morning all :) these buildings are the former lighthouse keepers cottages we now live in on the Isle of May. The pipe on the left carried compressed air to use at the Fog Horns at the extremes of the island
November 8, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Morning all :) these buildings are the former lighthouse keepers cottages we now live in on the Isle of May. The pipe on the left carried compressed air to use at the Fog Horns at the extremes of the island
Remote camera on the Isle of May caught this young Grey Seal pup before it moved off
November 7, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Remote camera on the Isle of May caught this young Grey Seal pup before it moved off
Glorious day today on the Isle of May. So calm and still…
November 6, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Glorious day today on the Isle of May. So calm and still…
At the weekend the Isle of May Bird Observatory closed its doors for the season as the blog explains: isleofmaynnr.wordpress.com
November 5, 2025 at 5:38 PM
At the weekend the Isle of May Bird Observatory closed its doors for the season as the blog explains: isleofmaynnr.wordpress.com
The Isle of May has transformed into an active Grey Seal colony. You can see the pathways and way markers where the public walked in the summer! Different now.
November 5, 2025 at 11:16 AM
The Isle of May has transformed into an active Grey Seal colony. You can see the pathways and way markers where the public walked in the summer! Different now.
Morning from the Isle of May where this hardy Thrift (Sea Pink) is flowering…in November
November 4, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Morning from the Isle of May where this hardy Thrift (Sea Pink) is flowering…in November
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Arctic Tern, Farne Islands with the outline of Bamburgh Castle. #SuperSeabirdSunday #Seabirds
November 2, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Arctic Tern, Farne Islands with the outline of Bamburgh Castle. #SuperSeabirdSunday #Seabirds
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November 2, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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#CapeCod #SuperSeabirdSunday #SandhillCrane
MISSISSIPPI SANDHILL CRANE
critically endangered
The creation of the Mississippi Sandhill Crane National Wildlife Refuge is saving the species!
The population has grown from a low of about 35 in 1973 to 174 in 2023!
MISSISSIPPI SANDHILL CRANE
critically endangered
The creation of the Mississippi Sandhill Crane National Wildlife Refuge is saving the species!
The population has grown from a low of about 35 in 1973 to 174 in 2023!
November 2, 2025 at 2:29 PM
#CapeCod #SuperSeabirdSunday #SandhillCrane
MISSISSIPPI SANDHILL CRANE
critically endangered
The creation of the Mississippi Sandhill Crane National Wildlife Refuge is saving the species!
The population has grown from a low of about 35 in 1973 to 174 in 2023!
MISSISSIPPI SANDHILL CRANE
critically endangered
The creation of the Mississippi Sandhill Crane National Wildlife Refuge is saving the species!
The population has grown from a low of about 35 in 1973 to 174 in 2023!
Reposted by David Steel
A late offering for #SuperSeabirdSunday a male Kermadec Petrel has his partner drop back into the nest site. First meet-up after 5 months apart at sea.
November 2, 2025 at 7:12 PM
A late offering for #SuperSeabirdSunday a male Kermadec Petrel has his partner drop back into the nest site. First meet-up after 5 months apart at sea.