White Island, Isles of Scilly

White Iceland is an uninhabited island of the Isles of Scilly. It is the northernmost of Scilly and can be reached at low tide via a tombolo of St. Martins on foot. A Bronze Age stone grave is the highest point of the 0.15 -acre isle, which lies 21 m above sea level.

Flora and Fauna

The island has been named by its diverse flora and fauna to a Site of Special Scientific Interest. On the island Entisol characterized by a variety of native species. Among other things, bracken, heather, blackberries, Crassulaceae, Scurvy Grass, Common bird's-foot trefoil, Common Red Fescue, Grey Heather, Harzer bedstraw, Krähenfuß plantain and Waldgeißblatt. In addition, several species of gulls have been spotted on White Iceland. Among other things, black-backed gulls, herring gulls, herring gulls, kittiwakes and Eiststurmvögel.