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
Sightings:
Outward. Penzance to Wolf Rock: 159 Manx Shearwater, 34 Gannet, 7 Fulmar, 4 Shag, 15 Herring Gull, 3 Great Black-backed Gull,
43 Guillemot, 5 Razorbill. Also, 2 Harbour Porpoise, 2 Basking shark, 1 Ocean Sunfish. Wolf Rock to St Mary's: 1 Great Northern Diver, 7 Manx Shearwater,
10 Gannet, 5 Fulmar, 70 Shag, 2 Shelduck, 17 Herring Gull, 18 Great Black-backed Gull, 9 Guillemot. Also, 3 Common Dolphin and 4 Harbour Porpois.
Return. St Mary's to Wolf Rock: 1 Great Northern Diver, 6 Manx Shearwater, 12 Gannet, 4 Fulmar, 7 Shag, 116 Herring Gull, 4 Lesser Black-backed Gull,
10 Great Black-backed Gull, 4 Puffin, 19 Guillemot, 2 Razorbill, 3 Swallow.
Wolf Rock to Penzance: 125 Manx Shearwater, 1 Storm Petrel, 6 Gannet, 9 Fulmar, 1 Kittiwake, 14 Herring Gull, 7 Great Black-backed Gull, 6 Puffin, 7 Razorbill,
14 Guillemot. Also,4 Harbour Porpoise.
Dave stayed on Scilly to carry out a land birs survey on Bryher, so in Satuday returned on the Scillonian and made the following sightings;
IoS to Wolf Rock: 2 Fulmar, 78 Manx Shearwater, 6 Gannet, 2 Cormorant, 9 Shag, 1 dark phase Arctic Skua, 3 Kittwake, 6 Herring Gull, 9 Great Black-backed Gull, 2 Guillemot, 2 Razorbill and 1 auk sp.
Wolf Rock to Pz: 1 Fulmar, 52 Manx Shearwater, 8 Gannet, 108 Herring Gull, 28 Great Black-backed Gull, 57 Guillemot, 2 Puffin and 1 auk sp.
Dave Parker and Phil Clarke
