Native species on the island.
Frequent and abundant visitor to Bermuda. Beautiful adult male. About 2% of all redstarts seen in Bermuda are adult males.
Frequent and abundant visitor to Bermuda. Beautiful adult male. About 2% of all redstarts seen in Bermuda are adult males.
Frequent but scarce visitor to the island.
Native species to the island. Performing a bioluminescent, mating ritual in shallow water underneath Ferry Reach foot bridge. Mating usually occurs in the summer months, 2-3 days after a full moon, and an hour after sunset. Only about 6 worms seen this evening...very low numbers, compared to past sightings. Might have to due with drastic decline in Turtle Grass (Thalassia testudinum), which provides refuges for these worms.
Uncommon, native species to the island. Was captured, tagged, and released as part of the annual Bermuda Turtle Project.
Rare and native species in Bermuda. Protected in Bermuda by law.
Common barnacle species known to grow on the shells of Hawksbill Turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata). This turtle was captured, tagged, and released as part of the Bermuda Turtle Project.
Seen several miles offshore Bermuda. 5 adults present.
Two sperm whales seen 50 miles south of Bermuda, well within the Bermuda EEZ.
Bermuda endemic. Females are sessile, inhabiting tubeworm shells cemented onto the rocks, adopting a filter feeder lifestyle.
Rare vagrant to Bermuda. Saw it previous day and mistook it for a Great Blue. Note white on edges of folded wings, top of thighs, black neck streaking, lack of rusty colours (which Great Blue's have), and overall grey plumage.
Bermuda endemic. Males are generally free-roaming, carrying shells.
The Hoary Leafcutter is silvery-grey and is the only leafcutting bee on the island. It straddles its leaf bit in its legs, while using their sharp, toothed mandibles to cut a neat semicircular piece of the leaf. They are quite and have a limited distribution around the island.
Photograph of the first natural nest burrow dug by breeding Bermuda Petrels in over 300 years! Most individuals in Bermuda nest in artificial nest burrows, but this natural burrow was found by Jeremy Madeiros on Nonsuch Island during the 2023 breeding season.
Annual and sometimes common transient migrant near Bermuda during this time of year. Dark morph bird, which is quite rare for this species (i.e., <10%).
Frequent and uncommon transient in Bermuda's waters. Taken 50 miles south of Bermuda, but still well within the Economic Exclusive zone for the island.
Rare visitor the island.
Found by Jessica Kehrli @jessicakehrli on a rock in Flatt’s Inlet, in two feet of water. Likely a first species record for Bermuda, she held onto it so I could get some pics. Apparently feeds on Bryopsis plumosa
Up close shot of a breeding tropicbird. This individual had just lost a vicious fight over a nesting cavity on the rocky coast. Native and abundant breeder to Bermuda.
Scarce visitor to the island.
1.0 ANTIGUA and Barbuda
1.1 Barbuda
Locally common in coastal scrub, Hurricane Irma despite initiallly causing warbler mortality, created a lot of scrubby, cluttered habitat that the warbler favours, 2-5 m, photo, 24 April 2018.
Continuing rare vagrant on the island.
Frequent but scarce winter resident on the island.
2 separate individuals. SO small! first time ive seen porpita on shore
Native breeders to the island.
Very rare winter visitor to Bermuda. First since 2004. Third record for the island.
Rare visitor to the island.
Very rare visitor to Bermuda. Continuing bird.
Very rare visitor to Bermuda.
Infrequent and rare visitor to the island.
Very rare vagrant to Bermuda. First photographic record and accepted record for the island.
Frequent but uncommon visitor the island.
Frequent but uncommon visitor to the island.
Frequent but uncommon visitor to the island.
Frequent but rare visitor to the island.
Male butterfly. 3 males in total seen today in area.
Been wanting to see one of these for a while. One individual under a rock ledge in 3 feet of water.
Rare sea bean to the island. Found washed ashore amongst Sargassum.
Rare Bermuda record. Seen amongst grass and weeds at Eve's Pond Nature Reserve. Individual is a female. Species originally native to Asia, Africa, and Australia.
Endemic subspecies to the island. Red/Pink on right leg; obscured by feathers.
Frequent but scarce visitor to the island.
Frequent but uncommon visitor to the island.
Feral chicken seen eating a crab it caught on the shoreline. Never knew chickens had a thing for crabs.
Frequent and abundant visitor to the island.
Regular but uncommon visitor to the island. Usually the first of the warbler species to appear on the archipelago.
Endemic species to the island.
Three individuals seen on Tedania ignis, two seemed to be laying eggs together. This one was on the other side of the sponge alone. Approx. 20mm long. In about 3 feet of water. Two more on same sponge laying eggs:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/124042449
3 individuals found feeding on eggs of Felimare zebra
Found by Jessica Riederer
Found in four feet of water. I put it on a clean piece of Udotea sp. for photos, although it seemed to be already on some. Last photo was how I found it. Under 1cm long, my thumbnail for comparison.
Caught in a Lobster trap offshore by Capt. Stephen Cabral of Nemesis Fisheries Bermuda. A very rare species in Bermuda and elsewhere
Could it be William Beebe's Bathysphere Fish? Unfortunately it seems to be to small for that. Caught and photographed by Dylan Simpson, a local Bermudian fisherman. Likely caught in bycatch or dip netted from surface at night. Location not exact
Caught and photographed by local fisherman Dylan Simpson.
Caught and photographed by local fisherman Scott Amos
Frequent and sometimes abundant pelagic transient.
Native species to the island. Carrying a grey nickernut leaf.
Frequent and abundant oceanic transient.
Found washed ashore. Rare sea bean known to beachcombers as Thick Banded Mucuna. Significantly larger than typical "hamburgers." Also seem to have a noticeably whiter hilum boarder. ID also confirmed by veterian beachcomber on island and several members of the "Sea Beans" Facebook group.
This brilliant colour is caused by IIV-31 (Isopod Iridescent Virus). I've been checking hundreds of pill bugs over several years for this unusual phenomenon and my persistence finally paid off!
Sadly, this total colour change is usually the later stage of the virus; once a pill bug is this bright it generally doesn't have much longer to live.
Continuing spring migrant. Seen feeding on clams in tidal sand flat.
Found washed ashore. Also known as a "sea purse."
Uncommon and scarce visitor to the island. Spring plumage Red Knot. Extremely tame bird. I found it walking 1-2 feet amongst tourist who were sitting on beach chairs and standing in surf. The bird even approached me to about 4 feet away as I photographed it.
found at horseshoe with the go sea group! expert handler @miguel-mejias1987 - egg in the second photo
Adult feeding fledgling a Dorito chip.
Continuing rare vagrant on the island.