Puffins on the Saltee Islands are thriving again. There’s now an obvious next step Head Topics August 8, 2024 Each year, adult puffins return to the same below-ground burrow where they previously raised their young. Seven years ago, researchers visited the Great Saltee to see how the puffins were fairing and checked the burrows. They didn’t find one chick. The island population had all but collapsed to just 120 birds, a drop of 90 … Read More from Puffins on the Saltee Islands are thriving again. There’s now an obvious next step Read Article
Gruesome images of albatross chicks eaten alive by house mice highlight need for action on remote Indian Ocean island Discover Wildlife July 31, 2024 On the sub-Antarctic island of Marion in the Indian Ocean, they are a deadly threat to one of the world’s most iconic seabirds – the wandering albatross, symbol of the Southern Ocean and immortalised in classic literature such as Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s The Rime of the Ancient Mariner. An estimated 1,800 pairs – about one quarter of all breeding … Read More from Gruesome images of albatross chicks eaten alive by house mice highlight need for action on remote Indian Ocean island Read Article
‘Old school’ plan to stop invasive predators causing extinctions on Aussie island Yahoo! Life July 30, 2024 On a remote Australian outpost, that’s actually closer to New Zealand than the mainland, a plan has been hatched to track three species of predatory rodents that are picking off the island’s unique native birds. Oddly it involves a can of yellow paint and a UV light. The method is a simple one. It was used … Read More from ‘Old school’ plan to stop invasive predators causing extinctions on Aussie island Read Article
