History of the British Isles coalition with the Northern Irish unionist party, the DUP in order to have a working majority in the House of Commons. History of the British Isles The British Isles have witnessed intermittent periods of competition and cooperation between the people that occupy the various parts of Great Britain, the Isle of Man, Ireland, the Bailiwick of Guernsey, the Bailiwick of Jersey and the smaller adjacent islands. Today, the British Isles contain two sovereign states: the Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom. There are also three Crown dependencies: Guernsey, Jersey and the Isle of Man. The United Kingdom comprises England,
Fauna of the Isles of Scilly in the order used by Harris and Yalden (2008) "Mammals of the British Isles Handbook") Fauna of the Isles of Scilly The Isles of Scilly is an archipelago off Land's End, Cornwall. Little of the fauna on, above or in the seas surrounding the isles was described prior to the 19th century, when birds and fish started to be described. Most records of other animals date from the 20th century onwards. There are few pre-19th century records for animals. William Borlase published "The Natural History of Cornwall" in 1758, commenting on the number of rabbits, and Jonathan Couch's "A Cornish