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
Today's RSPB Scillonian III trip produced the following, observed by Dave Conway and Mashuq Ahmad:
Outbound
PZ-Wolf Rock
1 Sandwich Tern, 30 Manx Shearwater, 85 Gannet, 180 Herring Gull, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 6 Great Black-backed Gull and 8 Common Dolphin
Wolf Rock-Scilly
8 Storm petrel, 42 Gannet, 1 Kittiwake, 4 Fulmar, 15 Manx Shearwater, 2 Great Black-backed Gull, 30+ Herring Gull and 2 Cormorant.
Return
Scilly-Wolf Rock
1 Storm Petrel, 1 Manx Shearwater, 2 Guillemot, 1 Sandwich Tern, 2 Ringed Plover, 20 Herring Gull, 14 Fulmar, 6 Great Black-backed gull, 33 Gannet and 13+ Common Dolphin.
Wolf Rock-Pz
2 Storm Petrel, 170+ Manx Shearwater, 200+ Gannet, 18 Fulmar, 2 Kittiwake, 80+ Herring Gull and 20 Common Dolphins.
