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  1. Scilly's Nature
  2. Scilly's Special Species

Scilly's Special Species

Here you will find information regarding Scilly's special and talked-about species. In some cases they are endemic; please note that we have just picked a handful of species we are most commonly asked about as this list would otherwise be huge! 

We have also broken the list down so it's easy to see what species you can see Throughout the Year, or during specific seasons (Spring, Summer, Autumn & Winter); these are the times you are most likely to see the listed species here in Scilly, but as always sometimes wildlife doesn't play by the "rules" and sightings are never guaranteed. 

The Isles of Scilly Wildlife Trust's habitat management and habitat restoration work aims to promote and support many of these species whilst our education programme hopes to raise awareness of these important often unnoticed Scillonian characters and visitors.

Do remember that we rely on donations to continue our work. If you have searched, found and learned about our wildlife on our website, please Support Us and give what you can; thank you.


Ashy mining bee

Ashy mining bee

Andrena cineraria (New to Scilly in April 2021!) Read more

Published: 20th May, 2021

Author: Nikki Banfield

Atlantic grey seal

Atlantic grey seal

Halichoerus grypus Read more

Published: 20th September, 2018

Updated: 14th October, 2021

Author: Nikki Banfield

Buff-tailed bumble-bee

Buff-tailed bumble-bee

Bombus terrestris Read more

Published: 17th April, 2019

Updated: 22nd February, 2022

Author: Sarah Mason

Cliff mining bee

Cliff mining bee

Andrena thoracica Read more

Published: 17th April, 2019

Updated: 25th May, 2021

Author: Sarah Mason

Comma

Comma

Polygonia c-album Read more

Published: 17th April, 2019

Updated: 18th May, 2021

Author: Sarah Mason

Common & Soprano Pipistrelle

Common & Soprano Pipistrelle

Pipistrellus pipistrellus | Pipistrellus pygmaeus Read more

Published: 20th May, 2021

Author: Nikki Banfield

Common Eelgrass (aka Seagrass)

Common Eelgrass (aka Seagrass)

Zostera marina Read more

Published: 28th April, 2021

Updated: 29th April, 2021

Author: Nikki Banfield

Common Tern

Common Tern

Sterna hirundo Read more

Published: 18th January, 2019

Updated: 18th May, 2021

Author: Sarah Mason

Cormorant

Cormorant

Phalacrocorax carbo Read more

Published: 18th January, 2019

Updated: 18th May, 2021

Author: Sarah Mason

Curlew

Curlew

Numenius arquata Read more

Published: 10th June, 2019

Updated: 18th May, 2021

Author: Nikki Banfield

Dwarf pansy

Dwarf pansy

Viola kitaibeliana Read more

Published: 20th September, 2018

Updated: 18th May, 2021

Author: Nikki Banfield

Elm

Elm

Ulmus sp. Read more

Published: 25th September, 2018

Updated: 16th June, 2021

Author: Nikki Banfield

Fulmar

Fulmar

Fulmarus glacialis Read more

Published: 8th January, 2019

Updated: 16th June, 2021

Author: Nikki Banfield

Gannet

Gannet

Morus bassanus Read more

Published: 7th March, 2019

Updated: 14th October, 2021

Author: Sarah Mason

Giant goby

Giant goby

Gobius cobitis Read more

Published: 21st September, 2018

Updated: 18th October, 2021

Author: Nikki Banfield

Golden hair lichen

Golden hair lichen

Teloschistes flavicans Read more

Published: 25th September, 2018

Updated: 18th October, 2021

Author: Nikki Banfield

Guillemot

Guillemot

Uria aalge Read more

Published: 18th January, 2019

Updated: 1st December, 2021

Author: Sarah Mason

Heath bumblebee

Heath bumblebee

Bombus jonellus Read more

Published: 17th April, 2019

Author: Sarah Mason

Hedgehog

Hedgehog

Erinaceus europaeus Read more

Published: 4th January, 2019

Updated: 24th June, 2020

Author: Nikki Banfield

Kittiwake

Kittiwake

Rissa tridactyla Read more

Published: 18th January, 2019

Updated: 17th April, 2019

Author: Sarah Mason

Least Adder's-tongue fern

Least Adder's-tongue fern

Ophioglossum lusitanicum Read more

Published: 20th September, 2018

Updated: 13th March, 2019

Author: Nikki Banfield

Lesser black backed gull

Lesser black backed gull

Larus fuscus Read more

Published: 8th January, 2019

Updated: 1st June, 2021

Author: Nikki Banfield

Lesser white-toothed shrew (Scilly Shrew)

Lesser white-toothed shrew (Scilly Shrew)

Crocidura suaveolens Read more

Published: 21st September, 2018

Updated: 13th September, 2019

Author: Nikki Banfield

Ling and Bell Heather

Ling and Bell Heather

Calluna vulgaris and Erica cinerea Read more

Published: 18th January, 2019

Updated: 7th March, 2019

Author: Nikki Banfield

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    Nextdoor Nature

    Nextdoor Nature is bringing communities together to help nature flourish where they live and work. Thanks to funding from The National Lottery Heritage Fund, Nextdoor Nature will provide people on the Isles of Scilly (and across the UK) with the advice and support they need to help nature on their doorstep, and leave a lasting natural legacy in honour of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.

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    New Chair for the Isles of Scilly AONB Partnership

    The Isles of Scilly Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) Partnership has appointed a new chair, Tony Richardson, to champion Scilly’s outstanding protected landscape.

  • Bird Flu

    Bird Flu

    We are deeply concerned by the spread of Avian Influenza (Bird Flu) through wild birds, particularly seabirds, around the UK. We are asking members of the public on Scilly to remain vigilant to the disease.

  • Beach babes: protecting Scilly’s secret shorebirds

    Beach babes: protecting Scilly’s secret shorebirds

    The Isles of Scilly Wildlife Trust is appealing for help from the public in protecting pairs of nesting ringed plovers Charadrius hiaticula on several beaches around the archipelago, including Porth Hellick on St Mary's and Beady Pool on St Agnes.

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    Walrus in the Isles of Scilly

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  • Tean

    Tean

    Uninhabited Island between Tresco & St Martin's

  • Orange birds-foot

    Orange birds-foot

    Ornithopus pinnatus

  • Plants, Pittosporum and Our Planet

    Plants, Pittosporum and Our Planet

    Plants are good for the planet...right? They sequester carbon, produce oxygen and provide habitat for our wonderful wildlife. So why is the removal of certain species warranted and even necessary?

  • Puffin

    Puffin

    Fratercula arctica

  • Isles of Scilly Wildlife Trust' CEO Sarah Mason leaving Scilly

    Isles of Scilly Wildlife Trust' CEO Sarah Mason leaving Scilly

    Current Isles of Scilly Wildlife Trust Chief Executive, Sarah Mason, is leaving Scilly after 8 years of leadership and 23 years within the Wildlife Trust family to take up a new Chief Executive role in the North of England.

  • Datasets & Drones: Scilly's Seabirds ~ A Round-Up of 2021: Part One

    Datasets & Drones: Scilly's Seabirds ~ A Round-Up of 2021: Part One

    We entered our 2021 annual Seabird survey season with a spring in our step, after the disappointments of 2020 whereby the main survey windows were missed as a result of Covid-19. Annet surveys were back on the table and our full monitoring went ahead as planned; with interesting findings once again!

  • Awkward Auks & when to see them…

    Awkward Auks & when to see them…

    April heralds the return of our regionally, nationally and internationally important breeding seabirds, including our loveable "awkward Auks".

  • Winning for Scilly Wildlife

    Winning for Scilly Wildlife

    Join our new Lottery, Winning for Scilly Wildlife, to help us look after Scilly's wildlife & natural beauty, and be in with the chance of winning £25,000!

  • Isles of Scilly Wildlife Trust confirms return of rare species

    Isles of Scilly Wildlife Trust confirms return of rare species

    Locally-run, conservation charity, the Isles of Scilly Wildlife Trust, confirms the first flowering Dwarf pansy (Viola kitaibeliana) on the uninhabited Island of Tean after 17 years absence.

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