2007 Breeding Season - 2007 was another poor year for many seabirds on NTS properties ... more...

Late start to breeding season and lack of sandeels both take their toll - 2006 has been a year of mixed fortunes for the breeding success of Scotland’s internationally important seabird colonies... more...

Sandeel shortage - Stock assessments carried out in 2005 have shown that sandeels in the North Sea are at half the minimum level needed to sustain a fishery.  More...

Fears of poor seabird breeding season confirmed - Following last year's disastrous breeding season for Scotland's seabirds, results from 2005 show that the breeding failures have shifted to the west coast in 2005. More...

Seabird Recovery Programme - A three-year project is underway to secure the recovery of the internationally important seabird colonies on Canna by eradicating rats from the islands. This is funded under the EU LIFE Nature programme... More...

St. Kilda Breeding studies 2007 - Another poor season for Puffins, though Guillemots fared better... more...

St Kilda Seabird breeding studies 2006 - Following the very poor season in 2005 some species, notably puffins fared better in 2006. Kittiwakes, however, continue to decline ... more ....

St Kilda Seabird breeding studies 2005 - Following the first season of the St Kilda Marine Ranger, it has been possible to evaluate the breeding results of the seabird colonies around the archipelago... More...

 Breeding failure of puffins - Surveys on the island of Dun, the largest puffin colony in the archipelago, have shown that breeding success was as low as 26%. The Ranger's diary reveals the extent of the problem... More...

St Kilda Seabird studies - The National Trust for Scotland has appointed a new member of staff whose main task will be to monitor selected populations of seabirds to detect long term trends... More...

 Seabird counts 2006 - a recent visit to Mingulay by SNH staff revealed ...more...

St Abbs seabird season 2007 update - Another pooor breeding season for many seabirds ... more...

St Abbs Seabird summary 2006 - Details of numbers and productivity from monitoring plots show ... more..

St Abbs Seabird news July 2006-  In recent evenings guillemot chicks have been leaving the colony ... more....

St Abbs Seabird surveys 2005- Preliminary results of the seabird survey in 2005 show that the numbers of most species except shags and herring gulls are slightly higher than 2004, though significantly lower than the long-term average... More...

St Abbs Seabird Survey 2004 - Surveys of seabirds during the summer of 2004 showed the lowest numbers recorded for 40 years for some species... More...

Fair Isle Seabirds 2005 - Seabird breeding success was mixed in 2005, with several species better than last year, but others, such as terns and skuas, showing virtually zero fledging success.More...

Fair Isle Seabirds 2004 - Seabird breeding success was reported to be the worst in living memory at Fair Isle, in common with other colonies in the Northern Isles More...