October 25, 2026 at 10:34 AM
Rachel & Reid, 1 of our #Conservation #DetectionDog teams were busy last week on the #FirthOfForth #Islands checking for rats. They visited #IsleOfMay, the Lamb, #Fidra and #Craigleith to check that these sites remain safe for #seabirds to breed @ukcehseabirds.bsky.social @rspbscotland.bsky.social
Today we welcomed a very special guest to the Isle of May; the Biosecurity for Life specialist sniffer dog Reid to check for rats on the island. Read all about it on todays blog: isleofmaynnr.wordpress.com
October 19, 2026 at 2:37 PM
Rachel & Reid, 1 of our #Conservation #DetectionDog teams were busy last week on the #FirthOfForth #Islands checking for rats. They visited #IsleOfMay, the Lamb, #Fidra and #Craigleith to check that these sites remain safe for #seabirds to breed @ukcehseabirds.bsky.social @rspbscotland.bsky.social
@atlanticbirding.bsky.social’s theme for #BirdOfTheDay today is #BlueSkies.
Here’s a pair of #IsleOfMay puffins from this May.
#ECK #birds #BirdsOfBlueSky #BirdPhotography #Photography #nature @britishbirds.bsky.social #BlueSkyMonday @steelyseabirder.bsky.social
Here’s a pair of #IsleOfMay puffins from this May.
#ECK #birds #BirdsOfBlueSky #BirdPhotography #Photography #nature @britishbirds.bsky.social #BlueSkyMonday @steelyseabirder.bsky.social
October 5, 2026 at 6:37 AM
@atlanticbirding.bsky.social’s theme for #BirdOfTheDay today is #BlueSkies.
Here’s a pair of #IsleOfMay puffins from this May.
#ECK #birds #BirdsOfBlueSky #BirdPhotography #Photography #nature @britishbirds.bsky.social #BlueSkyMonday @steelyseabirder.bsky.social
Here’s a pair of #IsleOfMay puffins from this May.
#ECK #birds #BirdsOfBlueSky #BirdPhotography #Photography #nature @britishbirds.bsky.social #BlueSkyMonday @steelyseabirder.bsky.social
#Puffin! Posted before, I'm sure you'll see him again, love this puffin just doing his thing on the #IsleOfMay in May. #SuperSeabirdSunday
October 4, 2026 at 7:16 AM
#Puffin! Posted before, I'm sure you'll see him again, love this puffin just doing his thing on the #IsleOfMay in May. #SuperSeabirdSunday
Today's #BirdOfTheDay is #BestBeaks Celebrating any bird with a beak or bill that has striking colours, bold profiles, or an interesting shape. 💚📷 🪶
Alt: #YellowElements colour yellow found on a bird.
Both themes ticked of with the stunning #IsleOfMay #puffin!
@steelyseabirder.bsky.social
#ECK
Alt: #YellowElements colour yellow found on a bird.
Both themes ticked of with the stunning #IsleOfMay #puffin!
@steelyseabirder.bsky.social
#ECK
October 2, 2026 at 6:20 AM
Today's #BirdOfTheDay is #BestBeaks Celebrating any bird with a beak or bill that has striking colours, bold profiles, or an interesting shape. 💚📷 🪶
Alt: #YellowElements colour yellow found on a bird.
Both themes ticked of with the stunning #IsleOfMay #puffin!
@steelyseabirder.bsky.social
#ECK
Alt: #YellowElements colour yellow found on a bird.
Both themes ticked of with the stunning #IsleOfMay #puffin!
@steelyseabirder.bsky.social
#ECK
#Birds #Ornithlogy #NatureCantWait #Birding #Ornitho
#Oiseaux #Birds #Ornithology #Birding #wildlifephotography
Alt theme: #YellowElements the colour yellow found on a bird.
#Scotland #IsleOfMay Mouette tridactyle - Rissa tridactyla
#Oiseaux #Birds #Ornithology #Birding #wildlifephotography
Alt theme: #YellowElements the colour yellow found on a bird.
#Scotland #IsleOfMay Mouette tridactyle - Rissa tridactyla
October 2, 2026 at 7:13 AM
#Birds #Ornithlogy #NatureCantWait #Birding #Ornitho
#Oiseaux #Birds #Ornithology #Birding #wildlifephotography
Alt theme: #YellowElements the colour yellow found on a bird.
#Scotland #IsleOfMay Mouette tridactyle - Rissa tridactyla
#Oiseaux #Birds #Ornithology #Birding #wildlifephotography
Alt theme: #YellowElements the colour yellow found on a bird.
#Scotland #IsleOfMay Mouette tridactyle - Rissa tridactyla
A trio of #IsleOfMay #puffin. Today's #BirdOfTheDay from @atlanticbirding.bsky.social is #SuperSeabirdSunday too. 😁
September 27, 2026 at 7:23 AM
A trio of #IsleOfMay #puffin. Today's #BirdOfTheDay from @atlanticbirding.bsky.social is #SuperSeabirdSunday too. 😁
Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is:
#Seabirds; any bird found at sea or the coast
Alt. is #Airborne; any bird in flight.
- A trio of cuteness... #IsleOfMay #Puffins
#birds #ECK #birdphotography #birdsofbluesky #naturephotography #SuperSeaBirdSunday #Stunday @steelyseabirder.bsky.social
#Seabirds; any bird found at sea or the coast
Alt. is #Airborne; any bird in flight.
- A trio of cuteness... #IsleOfMay #Puffins
#birds #ECK #birdphotography #birdsofbluesky #naturephotography #SuperSeaBirdSunday #Stunday @steelyseabirder.bsky.social
September 27, 2026 at 7:21 AM
Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is:
#Seabirds; any bird found at sea or the coast
Alt. is #Airborne; any bird in flight.
- A trio of cuteness... #IsleOfMay #Puffins
#birds #ECK #birdphotography #birdsofbluesky #naturephotography #SuperSeaBirdSunday #Stunday @steelyseabirder.bsky.social
#Seabirds; any bird found at sea or the coast
Alt. is #Airborne; any bird in flight.
- A trio of cuteness... #IsleOfMay #Puffins
#birds #ECK #birdphotography #birdsofbluesky #naturephotography #SuperSeaBirdSunday #Stunday @steelyseabirder.bsky.social
A strop of razorbills from the #IsleOfMay in May for #SuperSeabirdSunday
September 6, 2026 at 6:51 AM
A strop of razorbills from the #IsleOfMay in May for #SuperSeabirdSunday
Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is:
#InFlight, any bird in flight. I've shared my setting off #puffins before but they suit a Saturday very well. If you're near the #IsleOfMay it's Open Lighthouse weekend!
Alt #Grounded, bird on natural ground.
@steelyseabirder.bsky.social
#birds #photography #ECK
#InFlight, any bird in flight. I've shared my setting off #puffins before but they suit a Saturday very well. If you're near the #IsleOfMay it's Open Lighthouse weekend!
Alt #Grounded, bird on natural ground.
@steelyseabirder.bsky.social
#birds #photography #ECK
September 5, 2026 at 7:39 AM
Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is:
#InFlight, any bird in flight. I've shared my setting off #puffins before but they suit a Saturday very well. If you're near the #IsleOfMay it's Open Lighthouse weekend!
Alt #Grounded, bird on natural ground.
@steelyseabirder.bsky.social
#birds #photography #ECK
#InFlight, any bird in flight. I've shared my setting off #puffins before but they suit a Saturday very well. If you're near the #IsleOfMay it's Open Lighthouse weekend!
Alt #Grounded, bird on natural ground.
@steelyseabirder.bsky.social
#birds #photography #ECK
Alan H's #BirdOfTheDay theme today is:
#FlowerPower any bird capture with a flower in view. Hope to add some colour to our day - Rock Pipit amongst Sea Campion.
Alternative theme is #BirdsOfAFeather Any capture of a flock of birds - Kittiwakes gathering nesting material.
#IsleOfMay, May 2024
#FlowerPower any bird capture with a flower in view. Hope to add some colour to our day - Rock Pipit amongst Sea Campion.
Alternative theme is #BirdsOfAFeather Any capture of a flock of birds - Kittiwakes gathering nesting material.
#IsleOfMay, May 2024
September 1, 2026 at 12:03 PM
Alan H's #BirdOfTheDay theme today is:
#FlowerPower any bird capture with a flower in view. Hope to add some colour to our day - Rock Pipit amongst Sea Campion.
Alternative theme is #BirdsOfAFeather Any capture of a flock of birds - Kittiwakes gathering nesting material.
#IsleOfMay, May 2024
#FlowerPower any bird capture with a flower in view. Hope to add some colour to our day - Rock Pipit amongst Sea Campion.
Alternative theme is #BirdsOfAFeather Any capture of a flock of birds - Kittiwakes gathering nesting material.
#IsleOfMay, May 2024
Some of the birds today on or around the #IsleofMay today #NatureScot #Scotland 🏴 2/2 Gannet, Arctic Skua, Rock pipit and Herring Gull
August 22, 2026 at 7:22 PM
Some of the birds today on or around the #IsleofMay today #NatureScot #Scotland 🏴 2/2 Gannet, Arctic Skua, Rock pipit and Herring Gull
Today’s nature was on the spectacular #IsleofMay #NatureScot #Scotland 🏴 Saw perhaps the very last Puffin to leave of the 100,000 that have already left for the open sea 🌊
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1/2
August 22, 2026 at 7:22 PM
Today’s nature was on the spectacular #IsleofMay #NatureScot #Scotland 🏴 Saw perhaps the very last Puffin to leave of the 100,000 that have already left for the open sea 🌊
1/2
1/2
"How late the daylight edges
toward the northern night
as though journeying
in a blue boat, gilded in mussel shell
with, slung from its mast, a lantern
like our old idea of the soul."
Kathleen Jamie (2004)
#photography #boat #IsleOfMay #island #PotD #poetry #Jamie #poem #lighthouse #Forth
toward the northern night
as though journeying
in a blue boat, gilded in mussel shell
with, slung from its mast, a lantern
like our old idea of the soul."
Kathleen Jamie (2004)
#photography #boat #IsleOfMay #island #PotD #poetry #Jamie #poem #lighthouse #Forth
August 20, 2026 at 5:42 AM
"How late the daylight edges
toward the northern night
as though journeying
in a blue boat, gilded in mussel shell
with, slung from its mast, a lantern
like our old idea of the soul."
Kathleen Jamie (2004)
#photography #boat #IsleOfMay #island #PotD #poetry #Jamie #poem #lighthouse #Forth
toward the northern night
as though journeying
in a blue boat, gilded in mussel shell
with, slung from its mast, a lantern
like our old idea of the soul."
Kathleen Jamie (2004)
#photography #boat #IsleOfMay #island #PotD #poetry #Jamie #poem #lighthouse #Forth
PUFFIN! In case you are missing them already! #SuperSeabirdSunday #IsleOfMay in May
August 16, 2026 at 7:26 AM
PUFFIN! In case you are missing them already! #SuperSeabirdSunday #IsleOfMay in May
The South Fog Horn being painted on the remote Isle of May off the coast of Anstruther. Shot on Kodak Ultramax 400 & Processed by @gulabiphoto #isleofmay #kodakultramax400 #anstruther #scotland #photography #foghorn #filmphotographer #filmisnotdead #filmisbetter #filmphotography #kodak
August 24, 2025 at 10:01 AM
The South Fog Horn being painted on the remote Isle of May off the coast of Anstruther. Shot on Kodak Ultramax 400 & Processed by @gulabiphoto #isleofmay #kodakultramax400 #anstruther #scotland #photography #foghorn #filmphotographer #filmisnotdead #filmisbetter #filmphotography #kodak
Lots of slugs out today around the the Isle of May. A great day, #boatdiving with @deepbluescubaedinburgh from Shadow Marine’s Mako II out of #Anstruther
#makoshadowmarine
#diveisleofmay
#makodiveboat
#shadowMarinecharters
#nudibranch
#isleofmay
#makoshadowmarine
#diveisleofmay
#makodiveboat
#shadowMarinecharters
#nudibranch
#isleofmay
June 22, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Lots of slugs out today around the the Isle of May. A great day, #boatdiving with @deepbluescubaedinburgh from Shadow Marine’s Mako II out of #Anstruther
#makoshadowmarine
#diveisleofmay
#makodiveboat
#shadowMarinecharters
#nudibranch
#isleofmay
#makoshadowmarine
#diveisleofmay
#makodiveboat
#shadowMarinecharters
#nudibranch
#isleofmay
Razorbills are definitely my second favourite auks after puffins. The war paint and the golden mouths are just so photogenic.
#razorbills #isleofmay #scotland #scotbird #ukbird
#razorbills #isleofmay #scotland #scotbird #ukbird
July 20, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Razorbills are definitely my second favourite auks after puffins. The war paint and the golden mouths are just so photogenic.
#razorbills #isleofmay #scotland #scotbird #ukbird
#razorbills #isleofmay #scotland #scotbird #ukbird
July 16, 2025 at 1:18 PM
A very unexpected arrival on The Isle of May last week, but a glorious one! I'd never seen a black-tailed godwit in summer plumage before. Isn't it gorgeous?
#godwit #blacktailedgodwit #isleofmay #scotland #scotbird
#godwit #blacktailedgodwit #isleofmay #scotland #scotbird
July 15, 2025 at 1:09 PM
A very unexpected arrival on The Isle of May last week, but a glorious one! I'd never seen a black-tailed godwit in summer plumage before. Isn't it gorgeous?
#godwit #blacktailedgodwit #isleofmay #scotland #scotbird
#godwit #blacktailedgodwit #isleofmay #scotland #scotbird
I spent last week on The Isle of May again and I'm slowly getting through a ton of photos but this one jumped out at me as a puffin landing is one image I was really trying to capture this year.
#ukbird #ukbirds #puffin #isleofmay
#ukbird #ukbirds #puffin #isleofmay
July 15, 2025 at 8:08 AM
I spent last week on The Isle of May again and I'm slowly getting through a ton of photos but this one jumped out at me as a puffin landing is one image I was really trying to capture this year.
#ukbird #ukbirds #puffin #isleofmay
#ukbird #ukbirds #puffin #isleofmay
An arctic tern chick is watched closely by its mother on The Isle of May last summer. Hopefully more of them hatching this year (and not being eaten by an owl 😬).
#arctictern #isleofmay #fifecoast #wildlifephotography #birdphotography #nikonphotographer
#arctictern #isleofmay #fifecoast #wildlifephotography #birdphotography #nikonphotographer
April 1, 2025 at 6:46 AM
An arctic tern chick is watched closely by its mother on The Isle of May last summer. Hopefully more of them hatching this year (and not being eaten by an owl 😬).
#arctictern #isleofmay #fifecoast #wildlifephotography #birdphotography #nikonphotographer
#arctictern #isleofmay #fifecoast #wildlifephotography #birdphotography #nikonphotographer
I can't wait to get back to the Isle of May again this year. These guillemots (including a bridled one) and the arctic tern were taken last summer.
#UKbirds #arctictern #isleofmay #guillemot
#UKbirds #arctictern #isleofmay #guillemot
February 24, 2025 at 9:58 PM
I can't wait to get back to the Isle of May again this year. These guillemots (including a bridled one) and the arctic tern were taken last summer.
#UKbirds #arctictern #isleofmay #guillemot
#UKbirds #arctictern #isleofmay #guillemot
The #IsleofMay weather station recorded gusts peaking at 84MPH in the early hours of this morning. Quite impressive, although not the eye-watering 98MPH wind gust recorded at this same station during storm Éowyn. 🫣#stormamy
October 4, 2025 at 9:47 AM
The #IsleofMay weather station recorded gusts peaking at 84MPH in the early hours of this morning. Quite impressive, although not the eye-watering 98MPH wind gust recorded at this same station during storm Éowyn. 🫣#stormamy