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David Steel @steelyseabirder.bsky.social · 12h

Not complaining about today on the island as we welcomed plenty of migrant birds as the blog explains: isleofmaynnr.wordpress.com

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David Steel @steelyseabirder.bsky.social · 14h

Red-flanked Bluetail now on the Isle of May with long staying White-throated Sparrow, 2 Yellow-browed Warblers and Little Bunting

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David Steel @steelyseabirder.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Always a joy! The first Yellow-browed Warbler of the autumn has just arrived on the Isle of May

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Steve Jackson @atcherleyons.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Me, part way through looking at several hundred photos of Gannets taken at @rspb.bsky.social Bempton Cliffs today. #Birds #BirdPhotography #UKWildlife #ECK 🌿

Photo of the head and the upper part of the nack of a Northern Gannet (Morus bassanus) who is almost looking towards us and slightly to our right. The head is rounded, wider than it is tall, and a pale yellowish-brown in colour, with that colour extending down the sides of the otherwise white neck. The eyes, on either side of the base of the upper part of the beak, are pale grey with black pupils and thick, sky-blue rims. The beak, though longish, is foreshortened in this view as the Gannet is looking almost directly at us. It is battleship grey in colour, with black lines around the base, and a black line on each side of the upper part of the bill, running from the base, almost to the hooked tip.

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Steve Jackson @atcherleyons.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

With their mutual preening complete, one of the Gannets started sky-pointing and swaying from side to side – a signal that bird was likely to take flight. (One more pic to come in this thread within a thread.) #SuperSeabirdSunday #Birds #UKWildlife #WildlifePhotography 🌿 #BirdOfTheDay – #Seabirds

Photo of the pair of Northern Gannets (Morus bassanus) who featured in the previous post in this thread, standing on a sandy ledge on a cliff. The bird on the left has begun swaying their body from left to right; at the moment this photo was taken their body is touching that of the bird on the right, while the legs and the oustretched neck are angled towards our left and the bird's right, and the head is raised so that the bird is pointing their beak towards the sky. Gannets are mostly white, with yellow-brown colouring on the tops of their heads which runs part way down the backs and sides of their necks, and black wing-tips. Their long beaks are grey, with black lines around the edges, a further black line running along each side of the top part of the each beak, from the base almost to to the tip. In the case of the sky=pointing bird, we can also see another black line, running along the underside of the beak from base to tip. The Gannets' eyes are blue-grey, with black pupils and thick blue rims. Their legs and webbed feet are black, with a pale green line running along the top of each toe. The background is a blue-grey colour - the sea, out of focus.

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Steve Jackson @atcherleyons.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The Gannet took a few steps towards the edge and crouched down, with wings partly open and at an angle. Then, lift off! Immediately after getting #airborne (today’s #BirdOfTheDay alt theme) the Gannet takes on a wonderful shape, with head up and tail down. #SuperSeabirdSunday #Birds #UKWildlife 🌿

Photo of a Northern Gannet (Morus bassanus) just after taking off from a sandy ledge on a cliff. We see this large seabird from the side, heading towards the left edge of the picture. The head is pointing slightly upward, the chest down, the rump up, and the fanned out tail down; the wings are held upwards. The Gannet is mostly white, with yellow-brown colouring on the top of the head which runs part way down the back and sides of the neck, and black wing-tips. The long beak is grey, with black lines around the edges, and a further black line running along each side of the top part of the beak, from the base almost to the tip. The Gannet's eyes are blue-grey, with black pupils and thick blue rims. The legs and webbed feet are black, with a pale green line running along the top of each toe. The background is a blue-grey colour - the sea, out of focus. A second Gannet can be seen on the cliff a little further back, watching the one in flight with a look that almost appears to be critical, or mildly cantankerous!

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Patrice 🇺🇦 @patricebrost.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is: #Seabirds; any bird found at sea or the coast

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JB | Native Plant Gardener (WI) @jbtheexplorer.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Seabirds. Here are a couple of American white pelicans along the Point Beach State Forest a few years ago. #birds #wildlife #Wisconsin

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naomi @skuaenjoyer.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

a Caspian Tern and a Parasitic Jaeger for #superseabirdsunday and #birdoftheday theme seabirds.

a Caspian Tern (largest tern in the world) flies right while a juvenile Parasitic Jaeger flies left just beyond. they’re pictured against a cloudy sky in the Pacific NW

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Photoguy556🇨🇦 @photoguy556.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Atlantic Birding's @atlanticbirding.bsky.social #BirdOfTheDay theme is: #Seabirds; any bird found at sea or the coast, and the Alt. is #Airborne; any bird in flight. Here's both, #Double-CreastedCormorant's and flying. #Birds #Photography #ECK #Wildlife #CanonR7 #JustDownTheRoad #Sigma150-600

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Jack Maynard(he/him) @jhmsparky.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

#Seabirds are #BirdoftheDay so I'll share this Black-footed Albatross from off the coast of Newport, Oregon. K and I are off to the mountains today to look for raptors and Snowy-finches. stay tuned!

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Declan Troy @troydeclan.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Incoming Pelagic Cormorant, the most widespread shag of coastal #Alaska. This one retaining some of the white flank patch more typical of the breeding season. Alaska Maritime NWR #BirdsSeenIn2026 🪶🦑

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Jacqui @jacquinotmybag.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Might need to zoom in to see the the gannets on the Bass Rock #Superseabirdsunday

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Steve Jackson @atcherleyons.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Adding to this #Gannets thread again, for #Seabirds (today’s main #BirdOfTheDay theme) and #SuperSeabirdSunday. This pair of Gannets, at Bempton Cliffs last Monday, were engaged in mutual preening. #Birds #UKWildlife #EastCoastKin #NaturePhotography 🌿

Photo of a pair of Northern Gannets (Morus bassanus) standing on a sandy ledge on a cliff, and engaged in mutual preening - the Gannet on the left is using his or her bill to preen the feathers on the top of the other Gannet's head, while that Gannet preens the feathers on the neck of the first one. The birds are mostly white, with yellow-brown colouring on the tops of their heads which runs part way down the backs and sides of their necks. Their long beaks are grey, with black lines around the edges and a further black line running along each side of the top part of the each beak, from the base almost to to the tip. Their eyes are blue-grey, with black pupils and thick blue rims. Their legs and webbed feet are black, with a pale green line running along the top of each toe. The background is a blue-grey colour - the sea, out of focus.

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Sandra Aamodt @sandra-aamodt.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Brown booby in flight at Île Fourchue in the French West Indies (another twofer) #BirdOfTheDay #Seabirds #Airborne #SuperSeabirdSunday #birds #photography

Bird in flight with its wings spread diagonally against blue sky. Its face and feet are yellow, and its beak is white, with a small blue patch around its eye. Its head and shoulders are brown. Its belly and the base of its wings are white, and the edges of its wings and its tail are brown. Its scientific name is Sula leucogaster.

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diddlydog.bsky.social @diddlydog.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Gannet with his breakfast for today’s #BirdOfTheDay .The theme is: #Seabirds; any bird found at sea or the coast #birds #ECK #birdphotography #birdsofbluesky #naturephotography #SuperSeaBirdSunday #Stunday

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allanwithll 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @allanwithll.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

AB’s #BirdOfTheDay themes today are #Seabirds and #Airborne and it’s also #SuperSeabirdSunday so I‘ve gone for a 3fer with this Puffin in flight at @rspbbemptoncliffs.bsky.social in July. My wife thinks it looks like it’s moonwalking! 🤷‍♂️ #Birds #BirdTherapy #UKwildlife #wildlifephotography #ECK

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Nick @rookman.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

My favorite fulmar for today's #birdoftheday #SuperSeabirdSunday #seabirds #birds🪶 #AirBourne #NatureTherapy🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

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Peter Howlett @cardiffbirder.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Rather like this water level photo of a Black-headed Gull taken in Cardiff Bay a few days ago. They really are very smart birds #SuperSeabirdSunday #BirdingWales

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Kate Anderson 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈 @wadingboid.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Trust me, it's ospreys. Fish Hook Bay, Wajemup, Western Australia. #SuperSeabirdSunday

Blurred, distant picture of Ospreys on a 80-plus year old nest, Fish Hook Bay, Wajemup / Rottnest Island. The nest is a chaotic stack of sticks at least 2.5m high, on a pale grey rocky outcrop with choppy deep blue sea behind.

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Jim @jammyjimm.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Just a couple of the many Cory's Shearwater seen last week during a family trip to Tenerife #SuperSeabirdSunday

A Cory's Shearwater, with long, narrow wings glides above deep blue ocean water. Its body is pale gray and white, with dark wing edges and a yellow bill.

A Cory's Shearwater (a dark gray-and-white seabird with very long, slender wings) flies low over bright blue ocean waves, with white spray breaking behind it.

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Ian Ebbage @ianebbage.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

A Razorbill off the sea-wall at Musselburgh #SuperSeabirdSunday

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Nick Robinson @nickerobinson.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

An adult Ross's gull (Rhodostethia rosea) at #Radipole, #Weymouth, #Dorset on the 4th March 2018. #DirtyTwitching #Seabirds #Wildlfe #Photography Please check out all submissions at #SuperSeabirdSunday and give this a like and repost. Thank you. @steelyseabirder.bsky.social

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Tom Cadwallender @tomcadwallender.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

#SuperSeabirdSunday David, The wonderfully named Belcher’s Gull off the coast of Chile in the Pacific Ocean. @steelyseabirder.bsky.social

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@s4r4h-l @s4r4h-l.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

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

A trio of beautiful puffins from May this year

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Fishburgler (Andy) @fishburgler.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is: #Seabirds; any bird found at sea or the coast Alt. is #Airborne; any bird in flight. Kittiwakes for both categories... #birds #ECK #birdphotography #birdsofbluesky #naturephotography #SuperSeaBirdSunday #Stunday

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UK Seabird Monitoring Programme @smp-seabirds.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Aren't Black Guillemots striking birds at all times of year?! This year, we've had one of the largest non-census year site coverages throughout SMP's time! If you've got Black Guillemot data to submit, please do so by October 31st. #Seabirds @btobirds.bsky.social @jncc.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social

Images of Black Guillemots in summer and winter/juvenile plumage.

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Colin Holter @bostalbirder.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

For me an Arctic Skua in full on pursuit mode is one of the most exciting sights in birding - such breathtaking effortless agility at speed - they are often very persistent in quite prolonged chases, though by no means always successful. Off Dungeness last week. #seabirds #UKBirding

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Dr Sjúrður Hammer @sjurdur.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

The best thing about studying great skua diet is that you end up studying other seabirds too. It suits my undiagnosed magpiebrain very well! #seabirds 🧪🌍

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Nutcracker @nucifraga.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Rather crappy pic (250 m range across the Tyne) of an odd graellsii Lesser Black-back Gull (unless it's something else!) with definitely pink legs (no hint of yellow!) at Elswick on Saturday morning for #SuperSeabirdSunday #LowCarbonBirding #NEBirding @patchbirding.bsky.social

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Atlantic Birding @atlanticbirding.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

🪶 Good Morning Everybody and Happy Sunday! Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is: #Seabirds; any bird found at sea or the coast Alt. is #Airborne; any bird in flight. - A Northern Gannet in flight #birds #ECK #birdphotography #birdsofbluesky #naturephotography #SuperSeaBirdSunday #Stunday

A Nothern Gannet in flight across the sky. The bird is centre of the shot, to the right slightly and flying from right to left.
It has a long pointed bill which is blue-grey in colour. Its black skin can be seen around the bill and eye. It has a yellowish colouration around the head and neck and a snowy white body. The outer half of its wings, which are in a downbeat, are black.
The sky is a blend of blue and white, out of focus and featureless

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Rob Crank Photography @robcrank68.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

It's time for @atlanticbirding.bsky.social to post today's #BirdOfTheDay. His themes are #Seabirds, any bird found at sea or the coast. The Alt theme is #Airborne, any bird in flight. #birds #ECK #Photography #CanonR5mkii @rspb.bsky.social #naturephotography #ukbirding #birdphotography #BirdLife

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David Steel @steelyseabirder.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Welcome to Super Seabird Sunday where we ask you to share photos, videos & artwork of seabirds. Here is my contribution; a stunning European Shag on the Isle of May #SuperSeabirdSunday

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James Gryboski @jgryboski.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Gull drama

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Psheltona 🖖🏻🇺🇸🇬🇧🇺🇦🇨🇦🇩🇰🇬🇱🇪🇺📚⚽️@psheltona.bsky.social @psheltona.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

For #SuperSeabirdSunday I have to return to my favourite Razorbills from Farne and an Arctic Tern from Iceland

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Stephanie Peters @spetersartist.com · 13/09/2026

Id love to Fly around the world Like an arctic tern, where everywhere is home. But I’ll skip the cold spots A little Arctic Tern painting for #superseabirdsunday #birdpaintingoftheday

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Andrew Whitehouse @anthrobirder.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

The Gannets were really close in at Girdle Ness today. Always a pleasure. #Birds #BirdingScotland #UKWildlife #Seabirds #SuperSeabirdSunday

A Gannet is flying against a dark blue sea. A flag on a buoy is visible.

A Gannet is flying against a dark blue sea.

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