Grateful to any visitors this season that are able to photograph any of @jezierskimt.bsky.social 's colour-ringed birds in the Village. If you're able to read a darvic ring, please report the alphanumeric code, time and location to NTS staff for contribution to Michal's research 🙏

Acrocephalus warbler ID can be tricky, but easier when seen well. Marsh Warbler from 26th-28th May- a 7th St Kilda record, and 4th since 2022. Seabird volunteer Jeremy has been involved in multiple spring acro records in recent years and managed this excellent image. @birdguides.bsky.social

Rare to see a Quail out in the open like this. Initially spotted on 30th May and present again yesterday, this is the 11th St Kilda record. @hebridesbirds.bsky.social @scottishbirding.bsky.social

An impressive total of 41 species recorded for #GlobalBigDay yesterday here on #StKilda. The day list has been submitted to #ebird. The highlight was this very pale Redpoll, thought to be A. f. islandica, a first record of this subspecies here. @hebridesbirds.bsky.social @birdguides.bsky.social

Bonxies (Great Skua) were heavily impacted globally by HPAI in 2021/22, with 2/3 of the population on #StKilda succumbing to the virus. We've been conducting a census annually since then, with results suggesting relative stability since the dramatic decline. #NTSSeabirds @smp-seabirds.bsky.social

A second flock of 6 Bar-tailed Godwits on 29th Apr included this colour-ringed female, ringed in the Dutch Wadden Sea on 10th May 2011. The @niozsearesearch.bsky.social ringing project has informed us that this is the most NW observation from 9,500 barwits ringed and almost 70,000 observations!

The leucistic Common Snipe on #StKilda last autumn is back around the Manse again this year! A lovely pale flash among the richer browns of its counterparts.

Scanning through this morning's flock of 11 Wigeon and a Red-breasted Merganser, but one of them has a green head! American Wigeon is a second for #StKilda, after the first in 2011. @hebridesbirds.bsky.social @birdguides.bsky.social

This Little Ringed Plover was a nice surprise at the Helipad in Village Bay this afternoon. A third for #StKilda, with the previous two in 1977 and 2022, and possibly only the fifth Outer Hebrides record! @hebridesbirds.bsky.social @birdguides.bsky.social

Yesterday's 6 Bar-tailed Godwits represented the first record of this species on #StKilda since 2009. @hebridesbirds.bsky.social @birdguides.bsky.social

Any tern on #StKilda is notable, and following the recent Little visitor, today we were delighted to find this Sandwich Tern feeding in Village Bay. @hebridesbirds.bsky.social @birdguides.bsky.social

Here's something that's never been seen on #StKilda before- a Little Tern hunting over Village Bay yesterday! Still present this morning, happily fishing away. Great start to the 2026 season 🙂 @hebridesbirds.bsky.social @birdguides.bsky.social

White-tailed Eagles are an annual feature these days on #StKilda, but today's Golden Eagle joining the three White-taileds was remarkable! There had previously been single records in only 5 years between 1955 and 1976. @hebridesbirds.bsky.social @birdguides.bsky.social

These two are blissfully unaware of how busy the Village will be tomorrow!

We're hopefully welcoming our first human visitors tomorrow, but the pinniped visitors have been quite comfortable with the jetty the through the winter!

A Black-tailed Godwit in spring on route to its breeding grounds in Iceland with a wee stop over in Village Bay. There aren't many smarter waders in their summer finery! @hebridesbirds.bsky.social

Many Fulmars are now back on territory, including FP96412, ringed in 2011 and still happily residing along Head Dyke. Fulmars are among our longest lived seabirds, with some reaching over 50 years, so this one may be in the prime of its life. #NTSseabirds @scottishbirding.bsky.social

This 1st winter Iceland Gull has been present on #StKilda since at least 3rd April. There was also a reported Glaucous Gull from @soaysheep.bsky.social researchers on 22nd March. Eyes are back on the island 👀 @hebridesbirds.bsky.social @birdguides.bsky.social

We're back!!! Trying to clean the pier and get ready for our first visitors of the year. Not today though

A little bit of good news for the ocean www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... #WorldHeritage #NTS #StKilda

Crisp winter days often give the best view of St Kilda. This one from Benbecula

Bliadhna Mhath Ur! A guid new year to ane an' a! Happy New Year! The National Trust for Scotland doesn't have any staff on island at the moment, so we'll post some archive pictures until April when we are back 📷lmacleod

Nollaig Chridheil a h-uile duine! Happy Christmas everyone and we'll see you in the new year. 'Twas the night before Christmas and all through the house, not a creature was stirring not even a mouse...' This St Kilda mouse didn't get the Christmas memo and is enjoying a midnight snack 📷MC2

Two more sleeps, better make sure your chimney is swept for an important visitor #Stkilda, #NTS, #advent

Advent window 22, a picture from the Trust's archives. The summer months were busy harvesting seabirds and storing them for the winter months #StKilda, #NTS, #advent

Its winter solstice in the northern hemisphere. Today St Kilda will see about six and a half hours of daylight, but tomorrow the days start to get longer. Still plenty winter evenings to coorie in next to the fire. #StKilda #NTS #advent 📷MC2

Cleits are a unique style of building to St Kilda, small stone built turf capped 'sheds'. Great for hiding those Christmas presents in #advent, #NTS, #StKilda

All is calm, all is bright . This lovely image of Village Bay was taken on a calm summers day #NTS, #StKilda, #advent

Well hello there, welcome to advent window 18. Soay lambs are born in late April and are curious to explore their surroundings #StKilda,#advent, #NTS

Advent window 17. The St Kilda wren -Troglodytes troglodytes hirtensis - a unique sub species on the St Kilda archipelago . In the spring and summer the males can be heard singing all over the islands, defending their territories and making their presence felt.

Keeping an eye out for Santa, he won't come if you're awake! St Kilda has the largest puffin colony in the UK, they love to eat sand eels and other small fish #StKilda, #NTS, #advent

Make sure you post your cards in time for them to arrive before Christmas. The St Kilda post office was busy in the summer months with tourists sending postcards

St kilda offers a welcome rest spot for many migrating birds, including these geese. #NTS, #StKilda, #advent

A fulmar takes flight. St Kilda has the oldest and one of hte largest fulmar colonies in the UK #StKilda#advent#NTS

Todays advent - a mini lesson on Gaelic and Scots! Rain swells the Abhainn Mhor (Big River) on a dreich (gloomy) day . #StKilda#NTS#advent

What's behind advent door 11? This moody shot was taken from Boreray , looking back to Hirta and Soay #advent #NTS #StKilda 📷Rowan Aitchison

In the summer thousands of puffins arrive on St Kilda to raise their young, digging burrows or finding handy hidey-holes for their nests. They are all now out in the Atlantic till the Spring #advent, #NTS

Low winter sunshine strikes Village Bay #advent #NTS #StKilda

On the eighth day of Christmas.... 8 maids a milking. Both sheep and cows were kept for their milk and 19th century travellers commented on the fine cheeses

In summer the slopes of St Kilda turn pink with campion and thrift

St Kilda is home to the largest colony of northern gannets in the world.

This eider duck made her nest inside one of the many cleits

Soay sheep enjoy the rich grass of a St Kilda summer

Low cloud makes the landscape magical but can also obscure the cliff edges

What's behind today's advent window? A lovely view of the Bay from behind the village

It's that time of year again! Welcome to St Kilda World Heritage Site advent calendar. We'll share an image of this amazing site every day until Christmas.

Whilst giving a talk about #stkilda to the local #WI group in north Wales, Janet Crummy produced a mailboat that she’d found on Lewis when she was living there in 1975! 10 were sent by the Ranger Hugh Brown, 2 were found on Lewis and 4 found in Norway. @n-t-s.bsky.social #stkildaclub

Great to see our #NTSSeabirds and marine life well represented at #EdinburghZoo 's #GiantLanterns exhibition last night 🙂 Thanks to #StKildaClub for the invitation to speak at their annual reunion. @n-t-s.bsky.social @edinburghzoo.bsky.social

Delighted to receive this late season record of a 1cy Ring-necked Duck on #StKilda yesterday from @soaysheep.bsky.social researcher Xavier Bal. A 2nd island record after the first in 2000! Thanks for this fab 📷 @barnardlucy.bsky.social 🙂 @birdguides.bsky.social @hebridesbirds.bsky.social

#landscape, #31daysofgraves. The small graveyard on the remote St Kilda archipelago now only echoes to the sounds of birds and bleats of sheep