Penzance to the Wolf Rock Lighthouse

28, Manx Shearwaters, 8 Gannets, 5, Guillemots, 5 Fulmars, 24, Kittiwakes, 3, Puffins, 1, Storm Petrel following a fishing boat,

Wolf Rock Lighthouse to the Isles of Scilly

1, Manx Shearwater, 11 Gannets, 5, Razorbills, 6, Guillemots, 2, Fulmars,  2 Puffins, 6 Storm Petrels, 20 Lesser Black-backed Gulls, 22, Shags

1 Harbour Porpoise.

Isles of Scilly to the Wolf Rock Lighthouse

12, Manx Shearwaters, 17, Gannets, 8 Razorbills, 12, Guillemots, 3, Kittiwakes, 1, Storm Petrel, 4, Lesser Black-backed Gulls, 1, Great Black-backed Gull,

4, Harbour Porpoise, 1, Ocean Sunfish.

Wolf Rock Lighthouse to Penzance

760, Manx Shearwaters, 7, Gannets, 12, Razorbills, 16 Guillemots, 5, Fulmars, 23 Puffins including a raft of 11 birds, 2, Storm Petrels, 

7, Great Black-backed Gulls,  1 Pomarine Skua, 1 Eider Duck, drake in Penzance Harbour with traces of oil on the plumage

6 Bottle-nose Dolphins, 4 Common Dolphins.

This trip was quite extraordinary because of the number of Puffins sitting around a total of 28 Puffins in all, and in 55 years of going to and from the Isles of Scilly i have never encountered such numbers on a single trip.

Kind Regards

Vivian Stratton

On Monday 13th, Dave Flumm returned to Penzance (after very early morning bird surveys for the project!) and recorded the following; 

Scilly to Wolf Rock:          1 s/p Great Northern Diver between St Mary’s and St Agnes, 1 Bonxie, 81 Manx Shearwater, 28 Gannet, 7 Fulmar, 2 Kittiwake, 2 Guillemot, 1 Harbour Porpoise.

Wolf Rock to Penzance:                c3700 Manx Shearwater included a raft of c3200 SW of Longships Lighthouse, 97 Gannet, 8 Fulmar, 36 Kittiwake, 2 Puffin, 3 Razorbill, 4 Guillemot.