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 Drake Eider, 205 Gannet, 8 Fulmar, 340 Manx Shearwater, 1 Cormorant, 2 Great Skua, 1 Med Gull, 5 Black-headed Gull, 2 Herring Gull and 5 Great Black-backed Gull, 1 Kitiwake, 1 Swallow also 2 Common Dolphin and 1 Ocean Sunfish. Wolf Rock to St Mary's; 95 Gannet, 8 Fulmar, 29 Manx Shearwater, 5 Storm Petrel, 1 Cormorant, 28 Shag, 3 Kittiwake, 7 Herring Gull, 5 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 12 Great Black-backed Gull and 12 Sandwich Tern, also 3 Common Dolphin and 1 Porpoise.
Phil Clarke and Dave Parker
