Scottish Seabird Centre

02/11/2026

02/11/2026

Exciting new job opportunity!📢

We're looking for an experienced Finance Manager to join our team for a 12-month fixed term contract (maternity cover).

You'll work collaboratively with the CEO, members of the senior management team and department heads to provide timely financial information to the Senior Team and the Board, and work with colleagues across the charity to support the development of budgets for fundraising applications and to monitor and report on funded expenditure.

Applications close on 18 November.

Find out more about this fast-paced, varied and rewarding role via the link in the comments🔗

02/11/2026

It’s been a busy weekend of beach cleaning!

We were out again on Saturday at Fisherrow for our Trick or Trash beach clean with Scottish Coastal Clean Up and Fisherrow Harbour and Seafront Association.

We were delighted to be joined by 15 volunteers in the autumn sunshine who helped us collect 22kg of litter! Thanks to everyone who came along 🙏

We also got the chance to try out our freshly repaired reusable beach clean bags which, up until recently, had been worn out, frayed, and perforated with holes (not great for a litter bag!). A huge thanks to the local volunteer who stitched these bags back up for us - we’re really touched and grateful to have such kind, skillful and generous volunteers. Thank you!

01/11/2026

A sleepy seal pup for a sleepy Sunday😴

A reminder that you can watch our local grey seal pups LIVE in our Discovery Experience this autumn on our Craigleith island camera📽️👀

We're open 10am - 4pm every day this month📅 💙

30/10/2026

It's almost time for the final of 📺

To get you ready, we've come up with some celebrity seabird contestants. And yes, since they're undoubtedly the no.1 stars of the seabird world, they are (nearly) all puffins🌟

Who else do you think should appear in The Celebrity Seabird Traitors? Let us know in the comments⬇️

30/10/2026

Thanks to Katherine Sangster MSP for visiting us today and joining our awesome volunteers on a – the team collected an impressive 6kg of litter in total! Helping make the beach safer for people and wildlife.

We had lots of good conversations, about the importance of environmental and outdoor education and the issues around Berwick Bank offshore windfarm. We were also lucky enough to see dolphins swim by from our scope deck - a reminder of the incredible wildlife we have our our doorstep and what we're working to protect🐬

We'll be beach cleaning again tomorrow so if you don't have Saturday morning plans why not join us at Fisherrow!🎃

https://www.seabird.org/events/halloween-beach-clean-trick-or-trash

28/10/2026

Some very exciting seabird news from our friends at National Trust for Scotland!

27/10/2026

And so it begins... 🦭

Some very keen-eyed visitors were lucky enough to spot the first grey seal pup of the season on our Craigleith live camera today!

We're hopeful that many more will be born on the island over the coming weeks🤞

If you'd like to see some for yourself, why not visit our Discovery Experience, control the live Craigleith camera, and see how many seal pups you can find!🔍

26/10/2026

Tell the Scottish Government to protect Scotland’s seas! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🌊🔊

Scotland’s seabirds, whales, dolphins, and other marine wildlife are at risk. Fishing gear such as lines and nets can accidentally entangle and kill marine animals, while bottom trawling and dredging can damage sensitive seabed habitats in areas Scotland has already agreed should be protected.

Different areas need different protections… from restrictions on bottom trawling and dredging to restrictions on fishing gear.

Some ecosystems take decades to recover. Others may never fully recover.

Whether you fish these waters, walk these shores, or just love the sea, Scotland's marine protection consultation needs your voice before it closes.

Add your voice to help protect Scotland’s seas (link in comments below)🔗

25/10/2026

Did you know?

Juvenile herring gulls initially have a mottled brown plumage, and take four years to develop their full adult colours!

In the earlier stages, they can be very tricky to tell apart from the similar-sized lesser black-backed gull (unless there's an adult nearby)🔍