Rubbish gives rats an opportunity to prey on birds’ eggs in Comino

In a video published recently, it was shown, through Birdlife and Littlerock’s efforts that the rubbish left after hundreds of visitors to beautiful Comino attracts rats to birds’ nests, depriving them of their young. Rats prey on shearwater eggs and chicks in their nests close to were the rubbish is left. They are good climbers and swimmers, ahd the video shows how easily they can reach the eggs. Once the egg or chick is lost, the birds will not breed again until the … Continued