Bedfordalbatross
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Although it's as far as you can get from the UK, Henderson Island - in the central Pacific - is still part of the UK. The RSPB wants to eradicate rats from this UK overseas territory to prevent the deaths of 25,000 seabird chicks each year. This is the Henderson petrel's only known nesting location and with 95 per cent chick mortality per annum these seabirds will only have a limited future. Read more...
http://www.rspb.org.uk/news/262476-rspb-plans-to-remove-rodents-from-pacific-paradise
http://www.rspb.org.uk/news/262476-rspb-plans-to-remove-rodents-from-pacific-paradise