Project to eradicate non-native brown rats that feed on eggs and chicks on St Agnes and Gugg is declared a success A project to protect breeding seabirds from invasive rats on the Scilly Isles has been a success with the two islands declared “rat-free”. Bird populations on St Agnes and Gugh,linked by a sand bar, are starting to recover after a quarter century of year-on-year declines following work to eradicate the non-native brown rats which were feeding on eggs and chicks, and conservationists said. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com