David Steel

@SteelySeabirder • 22,046 subscribers

Manager for Isle of May home to 52,100 pairs of Puffins & 200,000 seabirds! (Spent 14 years managing Farne Islands 2001-2014). Also on Instagram Steelyseabirder

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Welcome to Super Seabird Sunday where we ask you to share photos, videos &amp; artwork of seabirds. Here is my contribution of a Puffin holdings a bill full of Sandeels ready to feed a hungry youngster #SuperSeabirdSunday

Our Kittiwake chicks are growing fast and we will have our first youngster on the wing very soon

Plenty of Kittiwake chicks now hatching across the Isle of May

Welcome to Super Seabird Sunday where we ask you to share videos, photos &amp; artwork of seabirds. Here is my contribution; a Kittiwake with its chick on the Isle of May #SuperSeabirdSunday

Always a good way to start the day…Isle of May Puffins…

Traffic jam! Road blocked on the Isle of May…

Morning Puffins :)

Blustery start on the Isle of May but a good day for these fellas…

This is a Goldcrest, it’s Britains smallest bird and weighs the same as a 20p piece. It’s just crossed the North Sea from Scandinavia and landed on the Isle of May. Probably never seen humans before…

Welcome to Super Seabird Sunday where we ask you to share photos, videos &amp; artwork of seabirds to brighten your day timelines. This is my contribution… #SuperSeabirdSunday

Having a lazy day in the sun…a young Grey Seal on the Isle of May…

***LOOK WHO IS BACK*** several thousand Puffins have landed back on the Isle of May this morning! It’s good to have them back

The first Guillemot chick has now fledged (jumped off the cliff!) on the Isle of May and this month will see thousands depart. We wish them well.

Happy Fathers Day and Super Seabird Sunday where we ask you to share photos, videos &amp; artwork of seabirds. My contribution is a Razorbill and chick, one of the best dads in the business! #SuperSeabirdSunday

Just a few more Isle of May Puffins from this morning (why not). Interestingly they headed out to sea this afternoon probably to feed when the weather calmed.

Plenty more Puffin chicks have hatched across the Isle of May as this adult waits patiently to enter an underground burrow to feed its chick. It’s going to be a busy month ahead.

Kittiwakes are frantically nest building on the Isle of May like this individual which is taping down the vegetation to make it stronger

It’s good to be back on the Isle of May :)

The sound of silence. The Isle of May tern colonies are empty at the moment as this video shows, but why? We have started looking into it as the blog explains;

The incredible Gannets of the Bass Rock…what a place, what birds!

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Sorrry didn’t mean to spook you! The Razorbill chick is spooked by its parent stretching its wings.

We have lift off! The first Pufflings are now leaving the Isle of May as birds are now independent. This is a big moment as they’ve never flown and not seen the sea before! Good luck :)

It might not look much but this young Guillemot (aged just 20-21 days old) has jumped off its cliff ledge home and is now following dad out 60 miles. The chick will rely on father for next 6-8 weeks. Remarkable start.

It’s at this time of year there is a chance you can see young Pufflings out of their burrow stretching wings, ready to leave like this fluffy bum!

Sometimes on the Isle of May the wildlife comes to us…I caught this Puffin yesterday in one of our buildings and released unharmed :) stunning but powerful wee birds.

Here is an example of a Puffling on the march on the Isle of May as I discover it in our visitor centre…

One of my remote cameras caught this young Grey Seal pup on the Isle of May…

Your usual day…on an island! Puffins on a foghorn 🤣

These teenagers getting everywhere…an independent Seal pup on the footpath of the Isle of May. I soon left it in peace to enjoy its exploring. Welcome to the world!

We’ve got a few inquisitive young Grey Seals around the jetty on the Isle of May at the moment, like this little fella. So streamlined and built for the sea :)

Morning. This will make your day :) Eider ducks and ducklings on the march to the open sea - this is from my front door :)

Shag chicks have been growing up fast on the Isle of May and these chicks are nearly as large as their parents

***PUFFIN NUMBERS UP*** the Isle of May Puffin population has increased since our last full census of the population in 2017. The blog has the full story;

Welcome to Super Seabird Sunday where we ask you to share photos, videos &amp; artwork of seabirds to brighten timelines. Here are two Puffins ‘billing’ a behaviour which is seen at this time of year to strengthen pair bonds #SuperSeabirdSunday

Just wait til the end…something you don’t see very often in amongst our Razorbills on the sea cliffs of the Isle of May. Quack.

HUMPBACK WHALE off the Isle of May…just now.

LOOK WHO’S BACK! back on dry land again, we’ve just woke to the sight of Puffins back on the Isle of May.

Anstruther harbour, Fife, being pounded by the storm at the moment. Pretty epic…it’s almost a white out

Morning &amp; welcome to another Super Seabird Sunday (almost 1 year since it was created). Post your videos/photos of seabirds to help bring joy to timelines like these Puffins on the Isle of May #SuperSeabirdSunday

Puffins of the Isle of May…nothing more to add really. Enjoy…

Welcome to Super Seabird Sunday where we ask you to share photos, videos & artwork of seabirds. Here is my contribution of a Puffin holdings a bill full of Sandeels ready to feed a hungry youngster #SuperSeabirdSunday

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

Welcome to Super Seabird Sunday where we ask you to share photos, videos & artwork of seabirds to brighten your day timelines. This is my contribution… #SuperSeabirdSunday

LOOK WHO IS BACK several thousand Puffins have landed back on the Isle of May this morning! It’s good to have them back

Happy Fathers Day and Super Seabird Sunday where we ask you to share photos, videos & artwork of seabirds. My contribution is a Razorbill and chick, one of the best dads in the business! #SuperSeabirdSunday

PUFFIN NUMBERS UP the Isle of May Puffin population has increased since our last full census of the population in 2017. The blog has the full story;

Welcome to Super Seabird Sunday where we ask you to share photos, videos & artwork of seabirds to brighten timelines. Here are two Puffins ‘billing’ a behaviour which is seen at this time of year to strengthen pair bonds #SuperSeabirdSunday

Morning & welcome to another Super Seabird Sunday (almost 1 year since it was created). Post your videos/photos of seabirds to help bring joy to timelines like these Puffins on the Isle of May #SuperSeabirdSunday