Isle of Scilly
Helping Scilly seabirds by getting rid of rats
Conservationists have cleared rats from St Agnes – one of the Isles of Scilly. And without rodents to prey on them, rare seabirds are returning to nest. Mark Rowe went to see the project
Isle of Scilly rat cull begins
The entire rat population on two of the Isles of Scilly is to be culled in order to protect internationally important breeding flocks of seabirds.