Tour Report England - Isles of Scilly in Spring · 2018-09-24 · That evening everyone attended my slideshow about the islands wildlife at the nearby church hall. Weather: Sunny,

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Tour Report

England - Isles of Scilly in Spring 19 - 26 May 2018

Blue-tailed damselfly Guillemot

Whistling jacks Stonechat

Compiled by: Will Wagstaff


Tour Leader: Will Wagstaff with 11 participants Day 1: Arrive St Mary’s Saturday 19 May 2018 Everyone arrived on St Mary’s during the day so we had our first get together in the late afternoon, at the Bell Rock Hotel, our base for the next week. That evening everyone attended my slideshow about the islands wildlife at the nearby church hall. Weather: Sunny, 18 degrees Day 2: Seabird Special boat trip & St Mary’s Sunday 20 May 2018 The walk from the hotel to the quay this morning gave me a chance to show the clients the layout of the town before we boarded the boat that was to take us on a cruise around the islands this morning. The two rather elusive great northern divers that were near the uninhabited island of Samson did not want to show themselves unlike the flock of dunlin we found as we reached the southern shores of Tresco. With them were a couple of sanderling and at least one ringed plover. Several whimbrel were feeding higher up the beach. We encountered the occasional shelduck as we cruised around the smaller rocks and a lone curlew was on the island of Tean. That was easier to see than the female peregrine perched high on St Helen’s. A few fulmars were on the sheltered side of Round Island as were the fulmars on a nearby impressive rock called Men-a- Vaur. However, it was the auks we had come to see. There were a great many guillemots and razorbills, either on the water, sitting on the rock or flying around. We could also see quite a few puffins, again some on the rock and others in flight. Our route then took us around the north of Tresco where three manx shearwaters were added to the list. Having passed Cromwell’s and King Charles Castles on the coast of Tresco, we dropped off some other folk before heading back to St Mary’s and lunch in Hugh Town. We met up again at the hotel in the early afternoon for a walk down to the Lower Moors nature trail. This gave us a chance to familiarise ourselves with some of the island’s flora, from the introduced species such a Bermuda buttercup and three-cornered leek, to the native spring scurvy grass and of course elm trees. On the nature trail we could hear chiffchaff, blackcap and then reed warblers in full voice, but as usual they were not easy to see. A lone male gadwall was visible on one of the pools with common eels splashing about in the main scrape. A few hirundines were overhead but apart from the ubiquitous wren, song thrush and blackbird we didn’t add much more to the list so adjourned for a tea break at a nearby café. Our route home took us via the Old Town churchyard and its most famous resident, Harold Wilson, before climbing the hill to Buzza Tower from where we had a great view out over Hugh Town. We spend a few minutes here enjoying the view before inspecting one of the Bronze Age burial chambers and then heading back to the hotel at the end of a busy first day. Weather: Sunny, 17 degrees Day 3: Tresco & Shearwater boat tip Monday 21 May 2018 We met on the quay and were soon on the boat on our way to New Grimsby on the island of Tresco, our destination for the day. After a short stroll around the bay where I talked about the ownership of this island and the layout of the land, we reached the Great Pool. Several gadwall, mallard, coot and the occasional moorhen were on the water with mute swans and two Canada geese also added to the list. A sedge warbler gave a great display as it posed in one of the waterside bushes, with reed warblers heard at the other end of the pool. There were a good many hirundines over the pool, which included a few sand martins in with the swallows and house martin’s.


A good number of the larger gulls were washing on the Abbey Pool where a pair of pochard and their young were cruising the far bank. Having crossed the old heliport, where had a view of a hobby hunting over the pines, we reached the world famous Tresco Abbey Gardens in time for lunch in the café. From the café we added common buzzard to our tally when the resident bird glided overhead. The first part of the afternoon was spent exploring the gardens with their range of exotic flora. There were a good many species from South Africa such as proteas, gazanias, ericas etc. as well as plants from all over the world. The golden pheasants that have been introduced there were much admired as one in particular posed well for us. We finished the tour of the gardens in the Shipwrecked figureheads’ Museum, having looked at the ‘dinosaur pine’ on the way. We had time for a break at the café again before having a look at the beaches on the southern end of the island where a lone dunlin and a whimbrel were found. We also had good views of a meadow pipit giving its display flight and another brief view of the hobby before we had to head to the quay and catch the boat home. That was not the end of the day as we again met on the quay in the evening to head out on the evening boat trip called the ‘Shearwater Special”. This took us out to the island of Annet where we had a good display of puffins; a couple of distant peregrine falcons perched on the island as well as a scattering of guillemots. There was some evidence of migration as we saw swallow and sand martin heading north. Towards the end of the trip we went a little way north of the islands and enjoyed good views of a large flock of manx shearwaters gathering on the water as the light began to fade and we then headed back to St Mary’s. Weather: Sunny, 20 degrees Day 4: St Agnes Tuesday 22 May 2018 It was a nice bright morning as we headed for St Agnes, although there was a cool north east breeze blowing across the island. We began the morning by heading towards the west side of the island to explore the beaches around Big Pool, the largest body of water on the island. The first beach is always worth a few minutes and this proved to be the case with turnstone, whimbrel and a curlew feeding along the shore. On the far beach a female white wagtail was flitting about, coming quite close at one point. Our route then took us beyond the farming area to Castella Down, passing the stone maze allegedly built in the late 1600’s by the lighthouse keepers, with a few gannets feeding offshore. As time was passing we began to make our way to our lunch stop at the only pub on the islands, The Turks Head. The afternoon walk saw us heading south to the headland called Wingletang Down. We had a look across the bar to the Isle of Gugh that gets cut off over the high tide period before following the coast path to Cove Vean from where we heard our first cuckoo of the trip. Just before this we found a spotted flycatcher that had found a sheltered corner in which to feed. From just beyond the bay we could see four razorbills on the sea at the entrance of the Cove, who had a kittiwake in close attendance. As we walked across the heath I talked about the name of some of the areas and looked at the flora, which included tormentil and lousewort, as well as some small examples of yellow-horned poppy that was growing in the sand at the top of Beady Pool, the local name for Wingletang Bay. We bumped into a few stonechats, including some young birds not long out of the nest. A couple of wheatears were added to the list before we began our walk off the heath along Barnaby Lane. We had been getting nearer and nearer to the singing male cuckoo all afternoon and I was optimistic we would see it from the lane. It did take a bit of finding, even though it was quite close to us, but in the end everyone was able to see it through the telescope as it perched in one of the hedgerows close to the track. A nice way to end our time on this south-westerly outpost of inhabited Scilly before we caught the boat back to St Mary’s.


Weather: Bright with a cool NE breeze, 20 degrees Day 5: St Mary’s Wednesday 23rd May 2018 After yesterday’s cool wind, today was the hottest day of the week, a glorious day to be out and about. We set off from the hotel out along the coastal tracks away from Hugh Town to explore what is known locally as “The Country”. Porth Mellow, Porth Thomas and Porth Loo were all rather quiet as far as wildlife was concerned, so we continued to add to our flora list as a wide variety of species were growing in the verges, including one of the scarce species in the shape of some common broomrape plus lots of sea/wild radish, wild carrot, etc. A stock dove was added to our list as it flew over us as we reached the top of Porth Loo lane. A goldcrest was singing in the pines and we were almost at the highest point of the island. A gang of “dodgy ducks’ were waiting to be fed as we walked past Argimore Pools towards Borough Farm. A good range of some of the flower crops of yesteryear were in bloom in this area but our attention was drawn to some swallows and house martin’s calling rather agitatedly above us, where a large female sparrowhawk was circling oblivious to the fuss it had caused. Two swifts also flew over us at this point in what was good weather for these and the hirundines above us. Our lunch stop was a little further along the road at the Carn Vean café where we could enjoy the sunny garden. A chicken was competing with house sparrows and song thrushes for scraps. After lunch we followed the coast path out to Porth Hellick Down. On the way a little egret flew over us and we eventually got good views of a singing willow warbler in the trackside pines. We spent a while looking at one of the well preserved Bronze Age burial chambers that are found here. The track then led down to Porth Hellick Pool. Here a lone black-headed gull, the only one of the week, was lazing on the far bank of the pool. On the water gadwall, shelduck, moorhen and coot could be seen. We also had good views of the little egret, now sat in the bay, and some very tame stonechats in the area, as we had a look at the marker to where the British Admiral Sir Clowdesley Shovelle came ashore back in 1707. The local rarity of the week were the two jackdaws that flew over just before we left the area- although I think that I was the only one excited to see this species! It was a very scenic walk around the coast to Old Town, via the end of the runway where the traffic lights and siren gave warning of any incoming or out going flights. Several rock pipits were doing their parachute display along the rocky cliffs and a very attractive rosechafer was found on the track. It was also a good place to see common blue butterflies, as they were plentiful here. We had time for a tea break at the Old Town Café before continuing past the new schools and the allotments before returning to the hotel at the end of the longest walk of the week. Weather: Hot, 19 degrees Day 6: Bryher Thursday 24 May 2018 It was another warm sunny day, although there was a little more cloud than yesterday but it was still calm. After the short ride to Bryher we began our walk by heading towards the southern shores where a chiffchaff was singing merrily from the low bushes and elms that mark this part of the island. Around the coast we found several black oil beetles that seemed to insist on walking along the same paths as us. As yesterday, there were good numbers of butterflies on the wing. A single wheatear and then a curlew caught our eye in this area plus some stonechats with young. A single bloom of spring squill was still in flower on the short turf, which is more than we could say about the very rare dwarf pansy we looked for a little later on in the morning. We did find a dried up bloom but could not find a new one. It seems the recent spell of dry weather has caused them to go over early this year. There were a few ladybirds in this


area along with other small flowers but no pansies. Somewhat easier to see were the Atlantic grey seals that were poking their heads out of the water in the nearby bay. We then stopped for lunch half way up the western side of the island at the Hell Bay Hotel before continuing our way north. First stop of the afternoon was at Stinking Porth. I think the name helps leave it undisturbed so it was here that we saw a male white wagtail, several whimbrels and a turnstone along the waters’ edge. Bryher Pond was its usual unexciting self with only a few mallards and an oystercatcher on the shore. Another pair of stonechats were at the end of the farming area where we had seen a spotted flycatcher flitting back and fore. We climbed up the side of Shipman Head Down to get some wonderful views out over Hell Bay and on out towards the Outer Head of Shipman Head. Small clumps of thrift were in bloom in this area along with lousewort, some English stonecrop and tormentil giving a welcome splash of colour to the heath. Having taken our fill of the view, we strolled over the heath, finding some wheatears along the way before we could see the other side of the island and away over to Tresco to the east of us. We then had time for a short tea break stop before we had to make our way back to Church Quay and our boat ride back to St Mary’s. Weather: Warm and Sunny with some cloud, 17 degrees Day 7: St Martin’s Friday 25 May 2018 It was not the most promising of starts to the day as it was drizzling when we met on the quay for our boat trip to St Martins, the last of the inhabited islands we had yet to visit. Thankfully the forecast held true and we had a very nice day on the islands with the rain coming back as we returned to St Mary’s at the end of the day. As it was low tide in the morning we landed at Lower Town quay at the eastern end of the island before crossing through below Lower Town to look out over St Martin’s Flats. A good-sized group of oystercatchers were roosting along the beach to the east of us with several of the large gulls feeding in the shallows. Swallows and then a house martin or two came in over the dunes before moving inland. There was a steady passage of hirundines over the island all day, especially once we had wandered up through Middle Town, past some nice iris, still found in the fields they had been picked from years ago. These and the whistling jacks made a super show in the old bulb fields. From the ridge we had grand views out towards White Island along Great and Little Bay, some of the most scenic beaches on Scilly. A couple of kestrels caught our eye as they hovered over this more rugged side of the island. A few distant gannets were feeding offshore and some typically mobile linnets were zipping about the heather and gorse that typify this side of the island. We had lunch at the café at Higher Town before heading down towards the cricket pitch that had been flooded only a few weeks before. The tropical water fern, azolla, was still choking the pond in the corner of this area but a female mallard and her young were trying to paddle their way through it, as was a moorhen with its’ young. Our route then took us along the back of Higher Town Beach, yet another award winning stretch of coastline, before climbing up to the edge of Chapel Down with the red and white striped daymark at the far end. A young robin, not long out of the nest, was as keen to see us, as we were to see it on one of the old stone walls. A few Atlantic grey seals were visible from Brandy Cove as we strolled by before reaching the ridge path that leads back to Higher Town. We had not gone far when the scratchy song of a common whitethroat caught our ears. We eventually did get a couple of views of what was a typically elusive bird. Somewhat easier to see was one of our resident pair of ravens as it glided along the slopes in front of us and then out by the daymark where it was joined by the other of the pair.


Having reached one end of the range of Pignut in the morning, we came across the other end of its range in the afternoon as we got back to the café for the last tea break of the tour. From here it was a short walk down to the quay where we would catch our boat back to St Mary’s. Weather: Slight drizzle, clearing later in the morning, 20 degrees Day 8: Going Home Saturday 26 May 2018 It was another sunny day as everyone packed up ready to return to the mainland. Those on the morning flight only had a short time to visit the Museum, etc., before being ready to be collected on the start of the journey home. Those on the Scillonian in the afternoon had a little more time to have a leisurely look around the Hugh Town area before we met on the quay, checked in and boarded the ship at the end of the afternoon. Weather: Sunny, 22 degrees


Common Name Scientific Name Day 2

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BIRDS

1 Canada goose Branta canadensis 2

2 Mute swan Cygnus olor 3

3 Common shelduck Tadorna tadorna 5

4 Gadwall Mareca strepera 2 10+ 2

5 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos

6 Common Pochard Aythya ferina

7 Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 1H 1M 1H 3+

8 Great northern diver Gavia immer 2

9 Northern fulmar Fulmaris glacialis

10 Manx shearwater Puffinus puffinus 3 140+

11 Little egret Egretta garzetta 1

12 Northern gannet Morus bassanus 6 3 6 2

13 Great cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo

14 European shag Phalacrocorax aristotelis

Checklist


15 Eurasian sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 1F

16 Common buzzard Buteo buteo 1

17 Common moorhen Gallinula chloropus

18 Eurasian coot Fulica atra 1

19 Eurasian oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus

20 Ringed plover Charadrius hiaticula 2

21 Ruddy turnstone Arenaria interpres 6 5 1

22 Sanderling Calidris alba 2

23 Dunlin Calidris alpina 40+ 1

24 Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 10+ 1 1 3

25 Eurasian curlew Numenius arquata 1 1 1

26 Black-legged kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 2 5 1 4

27 Black-headed gull Larus ridibundus 1 1

28 Great black-backed gull Larus marinus

29 European herring gull Larus argentatus

30 Lesser black-backed gull Larus fuscus

31 Common murre Uria aalge 100+ 6+

32 Razorbill Alca torda 80+ 1 4

33 Atlantic puffin Fratercula arctica 9 14+

34 Stock dove Columba oenas 1


35 Common wood pigeon Columba palumbus

36 Eurasian collared dove Streptopelia decaocto

37 Common cuckoo Cuculus canorus 1M H

38 Common swift Apus apus 1 2 2

39 Common kestrel Falco tinnunculus 2

40 Eurasian hobby Falco subbuteo 1

41 Peregrine falcon Falco peregrinus 1 2

42 Western jackdaw Coloeus monedula 2

43 Carrion crow Corvus corone

44 Northern raven Corvus corax

45 Eurasian blue tit Cyanistes caeruleus

46 Great tit Parus major

47 Sand martin Riparia riparia 3+ 1 1

48 Barn swallow Hirundo rustica 30+ 30+

49 Common house martin Delichon urbica 40+

50 Willow warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 1M

51 Common chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita H H

52 Sedge warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 1M 2H

53 Eurasian reed warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 2,4+H 3H HM

54 Eurasian blackcap Sylvia atricapilla H


55 Common whitethroat Sylvia communis 1M

56 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 1 2

57 Eurasian wren Troglodytes troglodytes

58 Common starling Sturnus vulgaris

59 Common blackbird Turdus merula

60 Song thrush Turdus philomelos

61 Spotted flycatcher Muscicapa striata 1 1

62 European robin Erithacus rubecula

63 African stonechat Saxicola torquata 6 6

64 Northern wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 2 1 4

65 House sparrow Passer domesticus

66 Dunnock Prunella modularis

67 White wagtail Motacilla alba 1F 1

68 Meadow pipit Anthus pratensis 2 1 3+

69 Eurasian rock pipit Anthus petrosus

70 Common chaffinch Fringilla coelebs

71 European greenfinch Chloris chloris

72 Common linnet Linaria cannabina

73 European goldfinch Carduelis carduelis


MAMMALS

1 Rabbit Oryctolagus cunniculus

2 Atlantic grey seal Halichoerus grypus

3 Brown rat Rattus norvegicus

INSECTS

BUTTERFLIES

1 Large white Pieris brassicae

2 Small white Pieris rapae

3 Small copper Lycaena phlaeas

4 Holly blue Celastrina argiolus

5 Common blue Polyommatus icarus

6 Red admiral Vanessa atalanta

7 European peacock Aglais io

8 Speckled wood Pararge aegeria

OTHER INSECTS

1 Oak eggar moth caterpillar Lasiocampa quercus

2 Blue-tailed damselfly Ischnura elegans

3 European rose chafer beetle Cetonia aurata


4 Common cockchafer beetle Melolontha melolontha

5 Tiger beetle Subfamily Cicindelinae

6 Black oil beetle Meloe proscarabaeus

7 Buff-tailed bumblebee Bombus terrestris

FISH

1 Common eel Anguilla anguilla

2 Grey mullet Mugil cephalus

FLORA

1 Royal fern Osmunda regalis

2 Bracken Pteridium aquilinum

3 Common polypody Polypodium vulgare

4 Monterey pine Pinus radiata

5 Lodge pole pine P. contorta

6 Monterey cypress Cupressus macrocarpa

7 Creeping buttercup Ranunculus repens

8 Bulbous buttercup R. bulbosus

9 Lesser spearwor R. flammula subsp. flammula

10 Lesser celandine R. ficaria


11 Long-headed poppy P. dubium

12 White ramping fumitory F. capreolata

13 Common ramping fumitory F. muralis

14 Common elm Ulmus procera

15 Fig Ficus carica

16 Pellitory of the wall Parietaria judaica

17 Mind-your-own-business Soleirolla soleirolii

18 Common nettle U. dioica

19 Pedunculate oak Quercus robur

20 Hottentot fig Carprobrutus edulis

21 Sally-me-handsome C. acinaciformis

22 Sea beet Beta maritime ssp.maritima

23 Babbington’s orache Atriplex glabriuscula

24 Spring beauty Montia perfoliata

25 English catchfly Silene gallica

26 Sea campion Silene maritima

27 Red campion Silene dioica

28 Sea sandwort Honkenya peploides

29 Common chickweed Stellaria media

30 Rock sea spurrey Spergularia rupicola


31 New Zealand wire bush Muehlenbeckia complexa

32 Sheep’s sorrel Rumex acetosella

33 Common sorrel R. acetosa

34 Curled dock Rumex crispus

35 Thrift Armeria maritima

36 Common mallow Malva sylvestris

37 Tree mallow Lavatera arborea

38 Smaller tree mallow Lavatera cretica

39 Commn dog violet V. canina

40 Dwarf pansy V. kitaibeliana

41 Tamarisk Tamarix gallica

42 Grey (rusty) sallow Salix cinerea

43 Radish Raphanus sp.

44 Sea kale Crambe maritima

45 Shepherd’s purse capsella bursa-pastoris

46 Common scurvy grass Cochlearia officinalis

47 Danish (early) scurvy grass C. danica

48 Hedge mustard Sisymbrium officinale

49 Rhododendron Rhododendron ponticum

50 Ling Calluna vulgaris


51 Bell heather Erica cinerea

52 Cornish heath Erica vagans

53 Primrose Primula vulgaris

54 Scarlet pimpernel Anagallis arvensis

55 Karo Pittosporum crassifolium

56 Escallonia Escallonia micrantha

57 English stonecrop Sedum anglicum

58 Wall pennywort Umbellicus rupestris

59 Cliff pasty Aeonium sp.

60 Blackberry Rubrus fruticosus

61 Silverweed Potentilla anserina

62 Tormentil P. erecta

63 Hawthorn Crataegus monogyna

64 Tree lupin Lupinus arboreus

65 Common gorse Ulex europaeus

66 Western gorse Ulex gallii

67 Broom Sarothamnus scoparius

68 Spotted medick Medicago arabica

69 Red clover T. pretense

70 Subterranean clover T subterraneum


71 White clover T. repens

72 Hop trefoil T. campestre

73 Common birdsfoot Trefoil Lotus corniculatus

74 Common birdsfoot Ornithopus perpusillus

75 Orange birdsfoot O. pinnatus

76 Hairy tare Vicia hirsute

77 Common vetch V. sativa

78 White peppermint gum Eucalyptus pulchella

79 Euonymus (evergreen spindle) Euonymus japonicus

80 Holly Ilex aquifolium

81 Portland spurge Euphorbia portlandica

82 Wood spurge E. amygdaloides

83 Common milkwort P. vulgaris

84 Sycamore Acer psuedo-platanus

85 Fleshy yellow (wall) oxalis Oxalis megalorrhiza

86 Pink oxali s O. articulata

87 Bermuda buttercup O. pes-caprae

88 Dove’s foot Cranesbill G molle

89 Giant herb robert G. Madarense

90 Common storksbill Erodium cicutarium


91 Ivy Hedera helix

92 Marsh pennywort Hydrocotyle vulgaris

93 Sea holly Eryngium maritimum

94 Cow parsley Anthriscus sylvestris

95 Alexanders Smyrnium olusatrum

96 Pignut Canopodium majus

97 Fools watercress Apium inundantum

98 Rock samphire Crithmum maritimum

99 Hemlock water dropwort Oenanthe crocata

100 Fennel Foeniculum vulgare

101 Wild angelica Angelica sylvestris

102 Hogweed Heracleum sphondyllium

103 Wild carrot Daucus carota

104 Greater periwinkle Vinca major

105 Borage Borago officinalis

106 Changing scorpion grass Mysotis discolor

107 Tree echium E. pininana.

108 Ground ivy Glechoma hederacea

109 Woodsage Teucrium scorodonia

110 Great plantain Plantago major


111 Ribwort plantain P. lanceolata

112 Buck’s horn plantain P. coronopus

113 Wild privet Ligustrum vulgare

114 Ivy-leaved toadflax Cymbalaria muralis

115 Balm-leaved Figwort Scrophularia scorodonia

116 Foxglove Digitalis purpurea

117 Germander speedwell Veronica chamaedrys

118 Hedge veronica Hebe x franciscana

119 Lousewort Pedicularis sylvatica

120 Lesser broomrape Oranbanche minor

121 Sheep’s bit Jasione montana

122 Cleavers Galium aparine

123 Tree bedstraw Coprosma repens

124 Elder Sambucus nigra

125 Honeysuckle Lonicera pericylmenum

126 Red valerian Centranthus ruber

127 Hedge ragwort Brachyglottis repanda

128 German ivy Delairea odorata

129 Winter heliotrope Petasites fragrans

130 Treasureflower Gazania rigens


131 Mexican fleabane Erigeron karvinskianus

132 Daisy Bellis perennis

133 New Zealand daisy bush Olearia traversii

134 Sweet chamomile Chamaemelum nobile

135 Corn marigold Chrysanthemum segetum

136 Common knapweed Centaurea nigra

137 Common dandelion Taraxacum officinale

138 Groundsel Senecio vulgaris

139 Ragwort Jacobaea vulgaris

140 Wild (Italian) arum Arum italicum ssp neglectum

141 Arum lily Zantedeschia aethiopica

142 Salt marsh rush Juncus gerardii

143 Greater tussock sedge Carex paniculata

144 Sand sedge C. arenaria

145 Pendulous sedge Carex pendula

146 Reed Phragmites communis

147 Marram Ammophila arenaria

148 Rhodostachys (Pineapple plant) Fascicularia pitcairnifolia

149 Vernal squill Scilla verna

150 Bluebell Endymion non-scriptus


151 Spanish bluebell sp. E. hispanicus sp.

152 Babbington’s leek Allium babbingtonii

153 Rosy garlic A. roseum

154 Neapolitan garlic A. neaploitanum

155 Three-cornered Leek A. triquetrum

156 Blue lily Agapanthus praecox

157 Stinking iris (gladdon) Iris foetidissima

158 Yellow flag I. pseudacorus

159 Montbretia Croccosmia x crocosmiflora

160 Whistling jacks Gladiolus byzantinus

161 Chilean lily Libertia formosa

162 Tubular corn lily Ixia paniculata

163 Harlequin flower Sparaxis grandiflora

164 New Zealand flax Phormium tenax

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Tour Report England - Isles of Scilly in Spring · 2018-09-24 · That evening everyone attended my slideshow about the islands wildlife at the nearby church hall. Weather: Sunny,