Penzance to the Wolf Rock Lighthouse

367, Gannets, 24 Great Black-backed Gulls, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 37 Razorbills, 7, Guillemots, I Little Egret, 9, Common Scoter, 

5 Balearic Shearwaters,  1, Manx Shearwater, 3, Sooty Shearwaters,  1 Meadow Pipit,  2, Common Buzzards and a Peregrine Falcon in Lamorna Cove,  8 Common Dolphins.

Wolf Rock Lighthouse to the Isles of Scilly

143, Gannets, 2, Great Black-backed Gulls, 1 Kittiwake,  2, Atlantic Grey Seals, 6 Harbour Porpoise.

On the return journey from the Isles of Scilly to Penzance the wind became quite fresh, but it was sunny producing a stunning sunset from the stern of the Scillonian 111.

Isles of Scilly to the Wolf Rock Lighthouse

1 Arctic Skua ( a juvenile) chasing Sandwich Terns which was quite a spectacle for the birders on board, 5 Sandwich Terns, 202, Gannets,

1, Common Gull, 2 Sooty Shearwaters,  2, Great Black-backed Gulls, 3, Lesser Black-backed Gulls, 1, Storm Petrel, 10, Common Dolphins,

Wolf Rock Lighthouse to Penzance

143, Gannets, 1 Sooty Shearwater, 1, Great Skua, 1, Kittiwake, 18 Great Black-backed Gulls, 1 Razorbill, 1, Grey Phalarope, 2, Common Dolphins.

Kind Regards

Vivian Stratton