Scilly Sightings - highlights from 2021
Download the full photographic report here This report covers sightings made from short-range pelagic trips aboard MV Sapphire. The first...
Scilly Season - highlights from 2020
This report covers sightings made from short-range pelagic trips aboard MV Sapphire. The season started late with the first trip on 6...
Sabine's Gulls, Arctic Skua and an impressive Porbeagle Shark
A selection of photos from some of our August trips, including two Sabine's Gulls, an Arctic Skua and a gorgeous Porbeagle Shark, caught...
Zino’s Petrel, Isles of Scilly, 30th July 2020, first for Britain
Zino’s Petrel, Isles of Scilly, 30th July 2020. An evocative image of a Zino’s in British waters (© Danni & Zac Hinchcliffe) Zino’s...
First Cory's and Great Shearwaters of the season
Monday 27th July produced the 'perfect' conditions for our big three target species, bringing us more Wilson's Petrels and our first big...
Wilson's Petrel on first trip of the season!
Yesterday evening (Tuesday 7th July) saw our first pelagic of season - and we've already found our first Wilson's Petrel of the year!...
Scopoli's Shearwater - 2nd for Britain
Britains 2nd Scopoli's Shearwater, seen from Scilly Pelagics on the 11th July 2019. Photographed by Joe Pender. We saw 5 Cory's...
Scilly Season - highlights from 2019
This is a photographic summary of the main seabird and cetacean sightings from our 2019 pelagic season to early September, illustrated by...
Red-necked phalarope - a first for Scilly Pelagics
Even late in the season, you never quite know what you're going to bump in to in the seas around the Isles of Scilly. With only a handful...