An Australian seabird island is well on the road to recovery following the eradication of its alien rodents

 A view of Lord Howe Island, photograph by Ian Hutton

Lord Howe Island is a World Heritage natural property situated some 600 km off the coast of New South Wales, Australia, in the Tasman Sea.  In 2019 the Lord Howe Island Rodent Eradication Project saw the end of the island's introdiced rodents (click here).  Now five years on the island is blossoming with rediscoveries and recoveries of birds (such as the Black-winged Petrel Pterodroma nigripennis and Providence Petrel P. solandri), invertebrates and plants, many endemic to the island, as described and illustrated in a recent online article.

27 November 2024