Comments on: Manx Shearwater (Puffinus puffinus) http://www.birds.com The definitive Birds Blog Community Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:35:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Annie http://www.birds.com/species/k-o/manx-shearwater/comment-page-1/#comment-752 Annie Fri, 30 Apr 2010 15:05:09 +0000 http://wordpress.birds.com/species/manx-shearwater/index.html#comment-752 I found this article while I was looking for a date for when rats were eradicated from the Calf of Man. While the article is generally correct, the Island of Lundy is far from being the main site for the world's population of Manx shearwaters. Skomer and Skokholm Islands, off the coast of Pembrokeshire in Wales, are home to some 180,000 pairs, while Mull in the Scottish Hebrides holds a similar number. Lundy is one of may islands around the British and Irish coasts that hold quite small numbers. Also, the single egg is white in colour. I found this article while I was looking for a date for when rats were eradicated from the Calf of Man.

While the article is generally correct, the Island of Lundy is far from being the main site for the world’s population of Manx shearwaters. Skomer and Skokholm Islands, off the coast of Pembrokeshire in Wales, are home to some 180,000 pairs, while Mull in the Scottish Hebrides holds a similar number. Lundy is one of may islands around the British and Irish coasts that hold quite small numbers.

Also, the single egg is white in colour.

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