Steep Holm Island, Bristol Channel, UK: evidence of Larus fuscus Linnaeus, 1758 (lesser black-backed gull) feeding on the invasive signal crayfish, Pacifastacus leniusculus Dana, 1852

Mortimer, Kate; Rowson, Rhian; Mackie, Andrew S.Y.; Clark, Paul F.; Maslen, Chris; Smith, Adam S.; Harrower, Colin

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Steep Holm Island, Bristol Channel, UK: evidence of Larus fuscus Linnaeus, 1758 (lesser black-backed gull) feeding on the invasive signal crayfish, Pacifastacus leniusculus Dana, 1852

Mortimer, Kate; Rowson, Rhian; Mackie, Andrew S.Y.; Clark, Paul F.; Maslen, Chris; Smith, Adam S.; Harrower, Colin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5070-5293. 2012 Steep Holm Island, Bristol Channel, UK: evidence of Larus fuscus Linnaeus, 1758 (lesser black-backed gull) feeding on the invasive signal crayfish, Pacifastacus leniusculus Dana, 1852. BioInvasions Records, 1 (3). 201-208. 10.3391/bir.2012.1.3.05

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Abstract

The predation of invasive signal crayfish, Pacifastacus leniusculus (Dana, 1852) by several nesting pairs of lesser black-backed gull, Larus fuscus Linnaeus, 1758 is reported from Steep Holm (51°20.39' N, 3°6.53' W), one of two small islands located in the inner Bristol Channel, United Kingdom. This feeding activity was subsequently observed at a pond in South Wales.

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