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All footage below taken off the Isles of ScillyBlack-browed Albatross Off Peninnis Head, St Mary's, Isles of Scilly, 21st September 2009: To view Bob Flood's footage Click here Atlantic Northern Fulmar Is regular in Scillonian waters, this bird was filmed six miles south of St Mary's Click here Fea's Petrel 10km south of St Mary's, Isles of Scilly, 8th July 2001: To see Ashley Fisher's footage Click here [Warning: contains strong language] Fea's Petrel To see record footage of two individuals from 2004 Click here Great Shearwater Visit annually on their way back to the southern oceans Click here Sooty Shearwater Regular June to October and often confiding Click here Manx Shearwater Breed in small numbers, most easily seen rafting off Annet at dusk Click here Balearic Shearwater Globally threatened though seen regularly off Scilly and often at close range Click here Wilson's Storm-petrel A scarce but regular passage migrant off Scilly Click here European Storm-petrel Breeds in Scilly and seen from all pelagic trips in season Click here Grey Phalarope Small number seen annually, mainly September and October Click here Pomarine Skua Scarce migrant but typically seen well Click here Long-tailed Skua Scilly pelagics have shown that this skua is an uncommon but annual migrant Click here Great Skua In season, seen on almost all trips Click here Mediterranean Gull In line with population increases, this species has become more regular from our pelagic trips Click here Sabine's Gull Seen annually August to October Click here Blue Shark To see a Blue Shark tagged and released on one of our pelagic trips Click here Basking Shark Increasingly regular, seen intermittently during the warmer months Click here Porbeagle Shark These sharks are rare off Scilly and always exciting to see Click here Common Dolphin Seen regularly from our trips, often riding the bow-wave, as here Click here Bottlenose Dolphin To see part of a pod of 70 filmed on 9th August 2010 Click here Lesser Octopus It is always a surprise when we see one of these Click here Ocean Sunfish These strange-looking fisher are quite common off Scilly Click here French Trawler Trawlers are a magnet for seabirds Click here |
Seabirds of the WorldShort-tailed Albatross To view footage off Torishima, May 2008 Click hereBeck's Petrel To view record footage taken NW of Bougainville Click here Tahiti Petrel To see footage from Brisbane and from the western Pacific Click here White-necked Petrel To view this stunning footage Click here Buller's Shearwater To view Bob's fantastic footage from the Hauraki Gulf Click here Flesh-footed Shearwater To see footage from California and the Hauraki Gulf Click here New Zealand Storm-petrel To see the original rediscovery footage Click here Polynesian Storm-petrel To see the first record for Australia Click here |
Rare and scarce non-seabirds ScillyDotterel Footage of a female on St Mary's Golf Course, Scilly, filmed on 30th April 2011 Click hereMarsh Sandpiper To view a short movie detailing the discovery of the second record for Scilly Click here White-rumped Sandpiper Footage of an adult at Porth Hellick Bay 25/10/11 Click here Upland Sandpiper Footage of the juvenile in the Borough Farm/Maypole area, St Mary's 10/10/11 Click here Wilson's Snipe To veiw footage of the bird from 2011 Click here American Buff-bellied Pipit To view remarkable footage from 2007 of two birds together at Carn Friars Farm, St Mary's Click here Great Reed Warbler Footage of a bird trapped at Porth Hellick, 1st November 2011 Click here Paddyfield Warbler Footage of a bird trapped at Porth Hellick, 9th September 2006 Click here Northern Waterthrush Footage of the bird trapped at Porth Hellick, 1st October 2011 Click here |
Common non-seabirds ScillyNorthern Wheatear Footage of late bird at Pothloo Click here |
Non-seabirds WPLammergeier To see footage from the vulture feeding station at Santa Cilia, Spain Click hereGriffon Vulture To see footage from the vulture feeding station at Santa Cilia, Spain Click here |