The Isles of Scilly are home to a great variety of wildlife. The uninhabited islands especially provide nesting sanctuaries for many species of birds, some of them at the extreme edge of their range. Each autumn Scilly, as the nearest landfall to America, expects and welcomes a new instalment of rare migrants.
Wild flowers of all descriptions can be found along the hedgerows of the larger islands with each passing season exhibiting a random and continuing change of colours. Heaths, and heathers interspersed with swathes of sea pinks flourish on the exposed westerly faces of the archipeligo.
In the shallow clean seas is a sparkling garden of jewel anemones, brilliant sponges and corals, surrounded by vast kelp forests and wild prairies of sea-grass. The seas are also home to a great range of creatures from seals and dolphins to starfish and plankton.
For more information on this and other coastal reserves in the area visit the website of Isles of Scilly Wildlife Trust
