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
Penzance to Wolf Rock
190 manx shearwater, 1 Eider (male), 70 gannet, 49 herring gull, 2 shag, 26 Fulmar, 92 guillemot, 6 razorbill, 1 great skua, 8 great black-backed gull, 16 lesser black-backed gull
Wolf Rock to St Marys
12 gannet, 1 guillemot, 46 shag, 4 oystercatcher, 5 lesser black-backed gull, 13 herring gull, 5 great black-backed gull, 1 great northern diver, 1 sand martin, 1 whimbrel, 2 razorbill
comments were;
“I’ve never seen a gannet so close”
“thank you for showing me the eider, what a beautiful green head he has”
