A special place... The Isles of Scilly are one of only two places in England where Manx Shearwaters breed
Under threat...The Isles of Scilly hold 3,000 fewer pairs of breeding seabirds than 25 years ago
First Manx shearwater chick recorded on St Agnes and Gugh in living memory. August 2014
To watch more footage of the 2014 chicks scroll below!
Project film- watch here!
‘Trouble in Paradise’, the Project Film by Matt Brierley
BBC Countryfile
The Project was filmed by BBC Countryfile in April 2014. To find out more, click here.
Five Islands School
Year 9 Music class, 'Nature in Music project'
Year 9 music class students created wonderful project videos.First Place: Andy Erentraut and Jo Wright. Their inspirational video featured iconic project footage of seabirds and special places on the islands, with narration and text .
Andy and Joe from jaclyn on Vimeo.
Manx shearwater chicks August - September 2014. These chicks have survived this year due to the removal of the rats.
big wing flap from jaclyn on Vimeo.
Manx shearwaters August 2014
Manx shearwater, Wingletang, St Agnes - under the cover of darkness they leave their chick in the burrow to head out to sea to feed.
Manx Sheerwater St Agnes from Holly Brown on Vimeo.
Manx shearwaters filmed at night on Bryher. Rats are the biggest threat to shearwaters on land.
These clips were taken in June 2014 by Amy Horn-Norris and Jaclyn Pearson
young rat eats thrift from Edward Marshall on Vimeo.
Scilly shrews....It is not just seabirds set to benefit from the removal of rats on St Agnes and Gugh
Five Islands Secondary School Music class pupils sing the 'Manx shearwater Christmas song'.
They wish the Manx shearwaters over wintering off Brazil 'Feliz Navidad' (Merry Christmas in Spanish!). The chidren sang about the behaviour of the seabirds 'FLAP, FLAP, FLAP' and how to help our seabirds by reporting a RAT RAT RAT!
Audio 2014
BBC Presenter, Mike Dilger Pt 2
BBC Presenter, Mike Dilger Pt 3
School design and technology project. Design a game for fetes. July 2014
Five Islands School DT class makes a game for fundraising at the fetes. July 2014
Bishop Stopford School Year 8 pupils. July 2014
St Just school talks about what they learnt as part of their seabird walk. June 2014
Bishop Stopford School talk about their field trip. June 2014
Manx shearwater and storm petrel surveys. May 2014
Holiday Club interview. May 2014
