Three nights and three Leach’s Petrels! We’ve also caught 118 Storm Petrels, a great start to the Stormy sessions
#OrkneyBirding
#StormPetrels #SeabirdsUK
#OrkneyBirding
#StormPetrels #SeabirdsUK
July 17, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Three nights and three Leach’s Petrels! We’ve also caught 118 Storm Petrels, a great start to the Stormy sessions
#OrkneyBirding
#StormPetrels #SeabirdsUK
#OrkneyBirding
#StormPetrels #SeabirdsUK
Guess they're not interested in the fact that paleontology shows they have a common origin with albatrosses, shearwaters, and petrels.
April 25, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Guess they're not interested in the fact that paleontology shows they have a common origin with albatrosses, shearwaters, and petrels.
Some petrels for #seabirds artworks for #superseabirdsunday I'll post more works later. Round Island petrels (Kermadec/Trinidade/ Herald); 'hidden gems' series storm petrels/Leach's petrel & Manx shearwaters/Balearic shearwater; storm petrels/Leach's petrel; great skuas & Leach's petrels
February 2, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Some petrels for #seabirds artworks for #superseabirdsunday I'll post more works later. Round Island petrels (Kermadec/Trinidade/ Herald); 'hidden gems' series storm petrels/Leach's petrel & Manx shearwaters/Balearic shearwater; storm petrels/Leach's petrel; great skuas & Leach's petrels
Another random post of the Storm Petrels off of Sao Tome last month
October 7, 2026 at 10:34 AM
Another random post of the Storm Petrels off of Sao Tome last month
The ocean has no rest stops, so seabirds like albatrosses and petrels just sleep on the waves. Frigatebirds go further, napping mid-flight for seconds at a time with half their brain still awake.
July 26, 2026 at 4:42 PM
The ocean has no rest stops, so seabirds like albatrosses and petrels just sleep on the waves. Frigatebirds go further, napping mid-flight for seconds at a time with half their brain still awake.
Those Wilson's storm petrels are gonna pay.
Trump is imposing a 10% tariff on the Heard and McDonald Islands.
The Heard and McDonald Islands are uninhabited.
The Heard and McDonald Islands are uninhabited.
April 2, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Those Wilson's storm petrels are gonna pay.
PhD opportunity on individual flight behaviour of petrels in the tropical Indian Ocean! www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
(Image: Richard Crossley)
(Image: Richard Crossley)
January 6, 2025 at 3:42 PM
PhD opportunity on individual flight behaviour of petrels in the tropical Indian Ocean! www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
(Image: Richard Crossley)
(Image: Richard Crossley)
Pterodroma petrels are just the best
@seabirdsentinel.bsky.social
@seabirdsentinel.bsky.social
May 4, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Pterodroma petrels are just the best
@seabirdsentinel.bsky.social
@seabirdsentinel.bsky.social
Magical morning on the Wirral with 36 Leach's Storm-petrels heading west into the wind, some more offshore than others 😍 #seawatching #superseabirdSunday
September 20, 2026 at 10:21 AM
Magical morning on the Wirral with 36 Leach's Storm-petrels heading west into the wind, some more offshore than others 😍 #seawatching #superseabirdSunday
One of several Wilson's Petrels off Penzance on Wednesday evening.
August 9, 2026 at 6:12 PM
One of several Wilson's Petrels off Penzance on Wednesday evening.
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
June 23, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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
1 of the leach's petrels that whizzed past Severn Beach this morning @bristolbirding.bsky.social
October 4, 2025 at 6:33 PM
1 of the leach's petrels that whizzed past Severn Beach this morning @bristolbirding.bsky.social
Walking along the beach at Deception Island, the Pintado Petrels (Daption capensis) were only meters away. With sound you can hear them barking and squawking. #BirdingAntarctica #petrels #seabirds
August 14, 2026 at 5:03 PM
Walking along the beach at Deception Island, the Pintado Petrels (Daption capensis) were only meters away. With sound you can hear them barking and squawking. #BirdingAntarctica #petrels #seabirds
Why do storm petrels fly into storms instead of away? The answer may surprise you!
Find out what WHOI research reveals about these pelagic seabirds: go.whoi.edu/stormpetrels
Find out what WHOI research reveals about these pelagic seabirds: go.whoi.edu/stormpetrels
October 3, 2026 at 1:59 PM
Why do storm petrels fly into storms instead of away? The answer may surprise you!
Find out what WHOI research reveals about these pelagic seabirds: go.whoi.edu/stormpetrels
Find out what WHOI research reveals about these pelagic seabirds: go.whoi.edu/stormpetrels
A bit of an Aurora showing over the Llŷn right now. Waiting to catch Storm Petrels. #ukbirding
August 30, 2024 at 10:56 PM
A bit of an Aurora showing over the Llŷn right now. Waiting to catch Storm Petrels. #ukbirding
Long-tailed Skuas and Wilson's Storm Petrels!
October 24, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Long-tailed Skuas and Wilson's Storm Petrels!
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
June 23, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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
All the petrels on the island just said "WHERE?"
July 21, 2025 at 3:15 AM
All the petrels on the island just said "WHERE?"
September 20, 2026 at 7:00 PM
I see Hadoram has just posted this on FB so thought I'd post here. My illustrations for some of the species in a Monograph on the Gadfly Petrels (Pterodroma). Definitely a few corrections/changes yet to be made to this and other plates of course!
Have a great Christmas everybody!
Have a great Christmas everybody!
December 24, 2024 at 7:57 AM
I see Hadoram has just posted this on FB so thought I'd post here. My illustrations for some of the species in a Monograph on the Gadfly Petrels (Pterodroma). Definitely a few corrections/changes yet to be made to this and other plates of course!
Have a great Christmas everybody!
Have a great Christmas everybody!
A sleepy view of a pair of Black-winged petrels on a lazy afternoon, Phillip Island Norfolk. #SuperSeabirdSunday🪶
April 5, 2025 at 8:23 PM
A sleepy view of a pair of Black-winged petrels on a lazy afternoon, Phillip Island Norfolk. #SuperSeabirdSunday🪶
One of 9 Wilson's Storm Petrels in the Celtic Deep off the Pembrokeshire coast today, a new Welsh day record. Magic! #BirdingWales #RareBirdsUK
July 24, 2026 at 8:32 PM
One of 9 Wilson's Storm Petrels in the Celtic Deep off the Pembrokeshire coast today, a new Welsh day record. Magic! #BirdingWales #RareBirdsUK
Autumn 2024 - Faroese Storm Petrel Project, Faroe Islands - Tagging, Tracking and Monitoring European Storm Petrels
September 27, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Autumn 2024 - Faroese Storm Petrel Project, Faroe Islands - Tagging, Tracking and Monitoring European Storm Petrels