Welcome to the Isles of Scilly

             Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty

 

New Events Listings! Click here for more details.

Scilly's Dark Night Skies and the Big Star Count 2012!

If you would like to take part, why not join the AONB Unit and Life Long Learning on a Star Count Walk? We will be meeting on Thursday 26th January at 6.30p.m at Carn Thomas, St Mary's.

As well as learning about the amazing dark night skies over Scilly, you will also have the opportunity to learn about Scilly's nocturnal wildlife. Please click here for more details.

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Pushing the Boundaries!

This AONB Champion Project, which gained funding from the Isles of Scilly Local Action Group (LAG), aims to unlock the economic, cultural and educational potential of Scilly's traditional stone walls and to understand how they can be maintained, and where possible, restored .

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AONB Unit and RSPB Create Cozy Christmas Bug Hotels!

On Monday 5th December the AONB Unit joined the RSPB's Wildlife Explorer's Club to create Christmas Bug Hotels for our winter garden bugs! They need looking after too you know...

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AONB Unit Beach Cleans with the Five Islands' School Green Team

The AONB Unit are working closely with the Five Islands' School Green Team in developing a programme of beach cleans, with the aim of clearing rubbish of every beach in St Mary's!

If you would like to get involved in AONB Beach Cleans, please contact the AONB Unit.

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The AONB Partnership are working with Scilly's Bee-Keepers to keep Scilly's disease-free honeybee populations healthy.

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SDF Awards for 2011-2012

The Isles of Scilly AONB Partnership are pleased to announce that so far, £29,388 has been awarded to seven projects through the Sustainable Development Fund (SDF) 2011-2012. 

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The Council of the Isles of Scilly's Climate Change Strategy is now available for download. 

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The Isles of Scilly Seabird Recovery Project

The RSPB, Natural England and the Isles of Scilly Wildlife Trust have in collaboration with New Zealand based firm, Wildlife Management International (WMI), produced a summary report to assess the feasibility of rat removal across the Isles of Scilly. This report forms part of the Isles of Scilly Seabird Recovery Project.

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