Marine Conservation Zones

There are 11 separate marine conservation zones within Scilly waters originally designated in November 2013 with additional features added to a number of the sites in May 2019.

For detailed information please visit the .GOV.UK website

For fisheries and conservation management information, please visit the Isles of Scilly Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority website

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Scilly’s Comic Book Kid is a ‘hero’ for local wildlife

A local school child has smashed expectations by raising an impressive £2,215.49 for the Isles of Scilly Wildlife Trust. Ted Richards, who is just seven years old, wrote and illustrated his own comic book, the Bryher Bean, which he has sold over 2022 for £2 a copy.
Adopt a Scilly Species

Our new Adoption Packs are a great way to support the work of the Isles of Scilly Wildlife Trust. Choose your favourite iconic Scilly species - a shrew, shearwater or seal - and receive an eco-friendly gift pack to say thank you.
Can you help us Keep Scilly Special?

We are determined to keep our islands special for everyone and for wildlife, encouraging species to thrive and protecting our wild habitats. That’s why we need your help. Any amount that you can donate to our Keep Scilly Special appeal will make a huge difference to our work, saving special species and protecting our unique heritage.
Scilly's Seal Pupping Season

August-November is grey seal pupping season, and on Scilly this means that we’re more likely to see young ‘white coats’ (pups) on our beaches. Whilst most are born in remote locations, big seas can wash them on to the inhabited islands and into direct contact with people. Here’s what to do if you come across a seal pup…

European Marine Site

EMS
Special Area of Conservation

SAC
Special Protection Area

SPA
Sites of Special Scientific Interest

SSSI's
Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty

AONB

Walrus in the Isles of Scilly

Answering your questions about the Isles of Scilly’s most unusual visitor – a Walrus – provided by BDMLR, Isles of Scilly Wildlife Trust, Cornwall Seal Group and the St Mary’s Harbour Team.
Tean

Uninhabited Island between Tresco & St Martin's
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

Fratercula arctica
Lesser white-toothed shrew (Scilly Shrew)

Crocidura suaveolens
Awkward Auks & when to see them…

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

Ornithopus pinnatus
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

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!
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!