St. Agnes, Isles of Scilly
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St Agnes is the southernmost populated island of the Isles of Scilly, United Kingdom.
It is joined to the island of Gugh by a sandbar, the Gugh Bar which is exposed only at low tide.
The main population centre is in the north and middle of the island, where there is a Post Office. The southern end of the island is covered by the heather moorland of Wingletang Down.
Botanical importance
Wingletang Down is the only site in Britain where the fern Small Adder's-tongue Ophioglossum lusitanicum grows.
Vagrant birds
St Agnes is a favourite island of visiting birdwatchers, particularly during the Scilly season of October. Among the many vagrant birds which have been found here during the month of October are the following, which were all firsts for Britain:
- Eastern Bonelli's Warbler in 1987
- Wood Thrush in 1987
- Short-toed Eagle in 1999
- a Yellow-browed Bunting in 1994 was Britain's fourth
- a Cream-coloured Courser in 2004 was the first to be seen in Britain for 20 years.
- a Little Bustard in March 2002
- a Killdeer in November 2003
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| Inhabited islands in the Isles of Scilly: St Mary's | St Agnes | Tresco | Bryher | St Martin's | |
| Uninhabited islands in the Isles of Scilly: Annet | Bishop Rock | Crim Rocks | English Island | Gugh | Samson | Zantman's Rock | |
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