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; Drake Eider, 75 Gannet, 1 Shag, 2 Cormorant, 3 Little Egret, 1 Curlew, 12 Herring Gull, 59 Great Black-backed Gull, 24 Guillemot, 1 Puffin, 1 Skylark and 4 Common Dolphin. Wolf Rock to St Mary's; 1 Fulmar, 89 Gannet, 16 Shag, 1 Oystercatcher, 6 Sanderling, 2 Kittiwake, 15 Black-headed Gull,
3 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 20 Herring Gull, 31 Great Black-backed Gull, 1 Sandwich Tern, 6 Guillemot, 2 Meadow Pipit, 2 Chiffchaff and 2 Common Dolphin.
Return: St Mary's to Wolf Rock; 1 Balearic Shearwater, 137 Gannet, 77 Shag, 1 Grey Heron, 34 Oystercatcher, 1 Great Skua, 1 Kittiwake, 6 Black-headed Gull,
17 Herring Gull, 86 Great Black-backed Gull, 3 Guillemot and 2 Common Dolphin. Wolf Rock to Penzance; 7 Balearic Shearwater, 176 Gannet, 2 Kittiwake, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 71 Herring Gull, 34 Great Black-backed Gull and 3 Bottle-nose Dolphin.
