PROTECT OUR ISLANDS FROM NON-NATIVE PREDATORS

The Forth Islands Special Protection Area includes the islands of Inchmickery, Isle of May, Fidra, Long Craig, The Lamb, Craigleith, and Bass Rock. Together these islands support a nationally important population of breeding seabirds. Everyone can help! Each spring, gannets turn the dark volcanic Bass Rock white as they return to HOW DO NON-NATIVE SPECIES the world’s largest gannet colony. REACH OUR ISLANDS? Are you travelling to, between or around islands? Ground nesting seabirds like the Arctic, Sandwich, and roseate tern travel Make sure you don’t take any stowaways with you! thousands of miles from west Africa and Antarctica to nest in the Forth, where the islands provide important feeding grounds and a haven free from human-introduced predators like rats. If non-native predators reach our islands, they could decimate CHECK YOUR BOAT bird populations by eating their eggs and chicks. You can help to keep these islands rat free! CHECK YOUR CARGO CHECK YOUR BAGGAGE Vulnerable species include:

Found signs of a stowaway?

ARCTIC ATLANTIC NORTHERN BLACK-LEGGED TERN PUFFIN GANNET KITTIWAKE

DROPPINGS GNAW ENTRANCE NESTING Dangerous non-native predators include: MARKS HOLES MATERIAL

DON’T TRAVEL TO AN ISLAND DON’T THROW OVERBOARD

RAT MOUSE MINK STOAT

FUNDED BY A PARTNERSHIP WITH ADDITIONAL FUNDING FROM: Thank you for helping to protect our native island wildlife! NatureScot, Natural England, Natural Resources Wales, and Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (Northern Ireland) Find out more at biosecurityforlife.org.uk