A Fulmar glides through the sunset with Carn Mor beyond. A quiet night up there, with many of our nocturnal seabirds now departed.
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#SuperSeabirdSunday
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#SuperSeabirdSunday
September 14, 2025 at 4:42 PM
A Fulmar glides through the sunset with Carn Mor beyond. A quiet night up there, with many of our nocturnal seabirds now departed.
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#SuperSeabirdSunday
#NTSSeabirds
#SuperSeabirdSunday
June 8, 2025 at 7:19 PM
A great 2nd week working for @n-t-s.bsky.social, helping to count #seabirds around Iona! 🐣 Getting accurate counts is an important first step in measuring and understanding long-term trends in seabird populations 📉
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June 15, 2025 at 7:30 PM
A great 2nd week working for @n-t-s.bsky.social, helping to count #seabirds around Iona! 🐣 Getting accurate counts is an important first step in measuring and understanding long-term trends in seabird populations 📉
#NTSseabirds @smp-seabirds.bsky.social
#NTSseabirds @smp-seabirds.bsky.social
Cracking day monitoring the seabirds on Mingulay with brilliant volunteer Tom.
Guillemots, razorbills, kittiwakes and shags ALL have chicks - 2025 seabird season is cooking on gas 🔥🧯🚒
#NTSSeabirds
Guillemots, razorbills, kittiwakes and shags ALL have chicks - 2025 seabird season is cooking on gas 🔥🧯🚒
#NTSSeabirds
June 23, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Cracking day monitoring the seabirds on Mingulay with brilliant volunteer Tom.
Guillemots, razorbills, kittiwakes and shags ALL have chicks - 2025 seabird season is cooking on gas 🔥🧯🚒
#NTSSeabirds
Guillemots, razorbills, kittiwakes and shags ALL have chicks - 2025 seabird season is cooking on gas 🔥🧯🚒
#NTSSeabirds
Out on the seabird cliffs with NTS volunteers Kate and Yvette today. They’ve been completely brilliant at helping to monitor the Kittiwakes on Mingulay. Chicks ahoy! 🐣🐥🐣🐥🐥🐥🐣🐥🐣🐥🐣🐥🐥
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July 5, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Out on the seabird cliffs with NTS volunteers Kate and Yvette today. They’ve been completely brilliant at helping to monitor the Kittiwakes on Mingulay. Chicks ahoy! 🐣🐥🐣🐥🐥🐥🐣🐥🐣🐥🐣🐥🐥
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Front page! It was a real pleasure to work on this story with @craig-nisbet.bsky.social @stkildawhs.bsky.social @ellingbry.bsky.social on the first drone census of the gannet population at St Kilda, which has determined that it is once again the world’s largest colony #NTSSeabirds
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August 1, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Front page! It was a real pleasure to work on this story with @craig-nisbet.bsky.social @stkildawhs.bsky.social @ellingbry.bsky.social on the first drone census of the gannet population at St Kilda, which has determined that it is once again the world’s largest colony #NTSSeabirds
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*New #technology alert* today we were busy inventing better ways to monitor #puffins with #CivTech 10.3 @edinburghup.bsky.social, #Arctech #eolas #NTSseabirds
April 23, 2025 at 4:06 PM
*New #technology alert* today we were busy inventing better ways to monitor #puffins with #CivTech 10.3 @edinburghup.bsky.social, #Arctech #eolas #NTSseabirds
The difference a few days makes on #stkilda Hoping the fog lifts so we can get out and monitor some #NTSseabirds today!
May 24, 2025 at 9:08 AM
The difference a few days makes on #stkilda Hoping the fog lifts so we can get out and monitor some #NTSseabirds today!
Fab NTS volunteers Kate and Yvette helping to collect guillemot diet study data.
Sandeels and Clupeids (herring and sprats) seemed to be the most numerous fish being fed to chicks today 🐥 🐟
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Sandeels and Clupeids (herring and sprats) seemed to be the most numerous fish being fed to chicks today 🐥 🐟
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July 6, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Fab NTS volunteers Kate and Yvette helping to collect guillemot diet study data.
Sandeels and Clupeids (herring and sprats) seemed to be the most numerous fish being fed to chicks today 🐥 🐟
#NTSSeabirds
Sandeels and Clupeids (herring and sprats) seemed to be the most numerous fish being fed to chicks today 🐥 🐟
#NTSSeabirds
Check out the fabulous seasonal highlights board updated today by our amazingly talented biosecurity volunteer, Hebe! Those stormies are incredible 😍
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July 14, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Check out the fabulous seasonal highlights board updated today by our amazingly talented biosecurity volunteer, Hebe! Those stormies are incredible 😍
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Results from the 2023 #StKilda Gannet census are to be published in the December issue of #ScottishBirds, revealing relative stability in what is once again the world's largest colony, despite fears that #HPAI may have had a greater impact on the population
#NTSSeabirds
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A bird’s-eye view of the gannet colony at St Kilda
The first drone census at St Kilda has revealed the islands are now home to the world’s largest gannet colony.
www.nts.org.uk
July 31, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Results from the 2023 #StKilda Gannet census are to be published in the December issue of #ScottishBirds, revealing relative stability in what is once again the world's largest colony, despite fears that #HPAI may have had a greater impact on the population
#NTSSeabirds
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Torridon took my breath away last week, almost as much as a gannet plunging or a fulmar flying. @n-t-s.bsky.social look after almost 1 million seabirds across Scotland, making them the largest custodians of seabirds in the UK and perhaps even in Europe. It is a privilege to help support this work.
March 5, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Thermoregulation is very important for humans and seabirds alike. Stay hydrated this week people!
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August 14, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Thermoregulation is very important for humans and seabirds alike. Stay hydrated this week people!
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#NTSSeabirds
Seabirds don't come much more super than the spectacular Great Skua! The ringed one is our friend, the Heligoland bird, back on territory near Carn Mor after another winter at sea. #SuperSeabirdSunday #NTSseabirds #StKilda
April 20, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Seabirds don't come much more super than the spectacular Great Skua! The ringed one is our friend, the Heligoland bird, back on territory near Carn Mor after another winter at sea. #SuperSeabirdSunday #NTSseabirds #StKilda
The great news from #StKilda this #superseabirdsunday is that following a significant decline since 1999, our Kittiwake population is creeping ever closer back up to 4 figures this year, with 989 nests recorded last week!
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June 29, 2025 at 8:09 AM
The great news from #StKilda this #superseabirdsunday is that following a significant decline since 1999, our Kittiwake population is creeping ever closer back up to 4 figures this year, with 989 nests recorded last week!
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@smp-seabirds.bsky.social
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Huge WHOPPING thanks to Richard Luxmoore who has counted and mapped ALL of the Great Skua (Bonxie) territories across Mingulay.
Total number of apparently occupied territories is 74 - up from 44 for the last 2 years. Hopefully a sign of recovery from avian flu 🤞🤞🤞
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Total number of apparently occupied territories is 74 - up from 44 for the last 2 years. Hopefully a sign of recovery from avian flu 🤞🤞🤞
#NTSSeabirds
#SuperSeabirdSunday
June 15, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Huge WHOPPING thanks to Richard Luxmoore who has counted and mapped ALL of the Great Skua (Bonxie) territories across Mingulay.
Total number of apparently occupied territories is 74 - up from 44 for the last 2 years. Hopefully a sign of recovery from avian flu 🤞🤞🤞
#NTSSeabirds
#SuperSeabirdSunday
Total number of apparently occupied territories is 74 - up from 44 for the last 2 years. Hopefully a sign of recovery from avian flu 🤞🤞🤞
#NTSSeabirds
#SuperSeabirdSunday
Really pleased to have contributed to this epic survey of >59,000 pairs of gannets! The St Kilda colony was less impacted by HPAI than other colonies, perhaps because steep cliffs reduced disease transmission. Flatter areas of the colony suffered greater losses.
#ornithology #seabirds #NTSseabirds
#ornithology #seabirds #NTSseabirds
Results from the 2023 #StKilda Gannet census are to be published in the December issue of #ScottishBirds, revealing relative stability in what is once again the world's largest colony, despite fears that #HPAI may have had a greater impact on the population
#NTSSeabirds
@scottishbirding.bsky.social
#NTSSeabirds
@scottishbirding.bsky.social
A bird’s-eye view of the gannet colony at St Kilda
The first drone census at St Kilda has revealed the islands are now home to the world’s largest gannet colony.
www.nts.org.uk
August 1, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Really pleased to have contributed to this epic survey of >59,000 pairs of gannets! The St Kilda colony was less impacted by HPAI than other colonies, perhaps because steep cliffs reduced disease transmission. Flatter areas of the colony suffered greater losses.
#ornithology #seabirds #NTSseabirds
#ornithology #seabirds #NTSseabirds
Arctic Skuas returned to #StKilda in the last week or so and are now back on territory preparing to breed. Our seabird assemblage is complete!
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#SuperSeabirdSunday
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#SuperSeabirdSunday
May 18, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Arctic Skuas returned to #StKilda in the last week or so and are now back on territory preparing to breed. Our seabird assemblage is complete!
#NTSSeabirds
#SuperSeabirdSunday
#NTSSeabirds
#SuperSeabirdSunday
In keeping with @steelyseabirder.bsky.social's longstanding #SuperSeabirdSunday tradition, here's some of the many Fulmars on territory and pair bonding around structures in the Village on #StKilda yesterday. The metal ringed bird has been nesting by the head dyke since at least 2011! #NTSseabirds
April 13, 2025 at 8:38 AM
In keeping with @steelyseabirder.bsky.social's longstanding #SuperSeabirdSunday tradition, here's some of the many Fulmars on territory and pair bonding around structures in the Village on #StKilda yesterday. The metal ringed bird has been nesting by the head dyke since at least 2011! #NTSseabirds
One of many young Fulmars taking shelter under their parents during a grey and drizzly couple of days on #StKilda this weekend. #SuperSeabirdSunday
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July 6, 2025 at 12:14 PM
One of many young Fulmars taking shelter under their parents during a grey and drizzly couple of days on #StKilda this weekend. #SuperSeabirdSunday
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Should an #offshore windfarm, predicted to have some of the worst impacts on #seabirds, be allowed if it means that all other, less damaging, developments then struggle to achive planning permission because the cumulative impact is too high? #NTSseabirds www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj68glee30eo.amp
Plea to block wind farm as thousands of bird deaths forecast - BBC News
Five conservation groups write to the first minister opposing the Berwick Bank development.
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April 30, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Should an #offshore windfarm, predicted to have some of the worst impacts on #seabirds, be allowed if it means that all other, less damaging, developments then struggle to achive planning permission because the cumulative impact is too high? #NTSseabirds www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj68glee30eo.amp
Great to be back out on @stkildawhs.bsky.social A successful trip yesterday to mark out some #puffin burrows for #NTSseabirds monitoring work #seabirds #stkilda
May 22, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Great to be back out on @stkildawhs.bsky.social A successful trip yesterday to mark out some #puffin burrows for #NTSseabirds monitoring work #seabirds #stkilda
The most densely populated area of Guillemots on #StKilda is this area on top of Stac Biorach between the Cambir and Soay. During the last seabird census in 2023, around 1000 individuals were recorded here, and it looked like many of them were back this week.
#SuperSeabirdSunday
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#SuperSeabirdSunday
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April 27, 2025 at 10:44 AM
The most densely populated area of Guillemots on #StKilda is this area on top of Stac Biorach between the Cambir and Soay. During the last seabird census in 2023, around 1000 individuals were recorded here, and it looked like many of them were back this week.
#SuperSeabirdSunday
#NTSSeabirds
#SuperSeabirdSunday
#NTSSeabirds
Great to be back among the Puffins in Carn Mor today as they're reestablishing pair bonds, excavating burrows and carrying nest material. Won't be long before they're incubating again in Britain's largest colony. #NTSseabirds @smp-seabirds.bsky.social
April 17, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Great to be back among the Puffins in Carn Mor today as they're reestablishing pair bonds, excavating burrows and carrying nest material. Won't be long before they're incubating again in Britain's largest colony. #NTSseabirds @smp-seabirds.bsky.social
Anyone who's seen a Gannet diving will know how spectacular, yet tricky to capture it is. Here's a sequence from a couple of weeks ago in Village Bay for #SuperSeabirdSunday
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May 4, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Anyone who's seen a Gannet diving will know how spectacular, yet tricky to capture it is. Here's a sequence from a couple of weeks ago in Village Bay for #SuperSeabirdSunday
#StKilda
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