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Almost a fifth of all the seabirds in Scotland breed on National Trust for Scotland properties.

Whether among the wheeling clamour of nearly a million birds at the remote islands of St Kilda or on more accessible, but no less crowded cliffs of St Abbs Head, seabirds throng our coastal sites. Even some of our lesser known properties, such as Murray’s Isles off Gatehouse of Fleet, contain regionally important colonies of gulls and cormorants.

Click on the map of Scotland to explore some of our seabird colonies.

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CANNA SEABIRD RECOVERY PROJECT

Canna

Canna Seabird Recovery Project

A major project is under way to allow the recovery of the island's seabird colonies which are threatened by predation from Brown Rats. The project aims to eradicate rats from the island and is funded through the EU LIFE Nature Programme with assistance from SNH

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Canna Seabird Recovery Project Leaflet. Click on the icon below to download a pdf file of the leaflet (587kb)

Project Leaflet

Check out new Progress reports on line. Click icon below to access:

No. 53 19-29th March 2008

NEWS

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St. Kilda rat concern. Following the grounding of a trawler at Village Bay on St.Kilda there are concerns about rats getting ashore. A NTS team has gone to the island to assess the situation... more...

INVASIVE ALIEN MAMMALS CONFERENCE

Conference proceedings are now available. To get abstracts of the various presentations and posters click on the icon below:

Conference proceedings

other news:

St Abbs Head report 2007. Click on icon for a copy of the 2007 report.

Canna 2007. Click on icon for a copy of the 2007 Canna seabird report

St. Kilda 2007 seabird season. Click on the icon for a summary of the 2007 seabird season on St.Kilda. 

The 2007 Seabird Breeding season. Another poor year for seabirds on NTS properties, mostly linked to food shortages

Canna Project wins prestigous award For more information double click on icon.

 
SEABIRDS
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Razorbills
Typically a species of northern and western coasts, the largest colony in Scotland is at Mingulay and Berneray...
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Production of this website was partially funded by SNH and the EU Life Nature Fund
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