Concern is growing for the future of the Scottish colony of the small seabird species Leach’s storm petrel (Oceanodroma leucorhoa) which is suffering a serious decline in numbers off the Scottish coast. Though the Leach’s storm petrel is plentiful in numbers on the Atlantic and Pacific Coasts of North America, it is in decline on this side of the Atlantic where St Kilda, under the care of the National Trust for Scotland (NTS), hosts the largest colony for the species. Named after the great English zoologist William Elford Leach (1791-1836), the NTS stated yesterday that there is “serious concern” about the eponymous Petrel, which is now officially classed as a “vulnerable” species.
Source: The National, 18 Nov 2017
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