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
Outward: Penzance to Wolf Rock; 1 Sooty Shearwater, 1 Manx Shearwater, 1 Balearic Shearwater c110 Gannet, 4 Com Scoter, 1 Great Skua, 24 Herring Gull, 12 Greater Black-backed Gull, 2 Sandwich Tern, 2 Guillemot. Wolf rock to St Mary's; 1 Sooty Shearwater, 1 Storm Petrel, 26 Gannet, 2 Great Skua, 12 Herring Gull, 24 Greater Black-backed Gull, 1 Mediterranean Gull (1stW).
Return: St Mary's to Wolf Rock; 2 Sooty Shearwater, 1 Manx Shearwater, 29 Gannet, 2 Great Skua, 4 Greater Black-backerd Gull, 1 Chiffchaff (on board Scillonian 3!) Wolf Rock to Penzance; 1 Balearic Shearwater, 29 Gannet, 19 Herring Gull, 9 Greater Black-backed Gull, 7 Guillemot, 5 Bottlenose Dolphin.
We were also pleased to see the 5 Bottlenose Dolphin one of which obligingly breeched for us.
Phil Clarke
