31 Oct 2016
Rare birds thriving on Scilly Isles after scheme rids islands of rats
There have been very encouraging results and recovery and breeding success on Lundy and now Scilly islands following methodologies developed in New Zealand to eradicate rats. Guardian ‘Number of nesting Manx shearwaters almost triples in three years after a project, backed by Prince Charles, successfully kills off the rats that eat the birds’ chicks and […]