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
Male Eider and 2 Common Scoter in Penzance harbour.
Penzance to Wolf am.
2 Arctic Skua, 2 Great Skua, 1 Sooty Shearwater, 6 Balearic Shearwater, 4 Manx Shearwater, 1 Grey Phalarope, 1 Peregrine, 6 Common Scoter, 4 Kittiwake, 59 Gannets, 26 Guillemot, 16 Razorbill, 33 Auk ?species, 25 GBB Gulls, 2 Cormorants.
c14 Common Dolphins & c15 other distant Dolphins.
Scillonian RSPB Wildlife Cruise. Fri 24th October 2014.
Wolf to Penzance pm.
1 Manx Shearwater, 362 Gannets, 1 Razorbill, 4 Guillemot, 66 Auks, 1 Manx Shearwater, 1 Kittiwake,
1-2 Minke Whales.
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Highlights
Wolf to St Mary's
1 Sooty Shearwater, 1 Great Skua, 1 Puffin, 1 Balearic Shearwater, 1 Harbour Porpoise.
St Mary's to Wolf.
2 Great Skua, 1 BN/ Slav Grebe very brief well away from land, 1 Grey Phalarope, 6 Puffin.
Brian Craven & David Curtis
