Editing Lundy (section)

====Birds====
The population of [[Atlantic puffin|puffins]] (''Fratercula arctica'') on the island declined in the late 20th and early 21st centuries as a consequence of depredations by brown and [[black rat]]s (''Rattus rattus'') and possibly also as a result of commercial fishing for [[sand eel]]s, the puffins' principal prey. Since the elimination of rats in 2006, seabird numbers have increased. By 2023 the number of puffins had risen to 1,355 and the number of [[Manx shearwater]] to 25,000, representing 95% of England's breeding population of this seabird. The island has since 2014 become colonised by [[European storm petrel]].<ref>{{Cite web |title='Shear' success for Lundy's seabirds thanks to decades of conservation effort |date=12 October 2023 |website=Inside Ecology |url= https://insideecology.com/2023/10/12/shear-success-for-lundys-seabirds-thanks-to-decades-of-conservation-effort/ |access-date=25 January 2024}}</ref>

[[File:Atlantic Puffin Lundy.jpg|left|thumb|A group of six [[Atlantic puffin|puffins]] on Lundy, June 2008]]
As an isolated island on major migration routes, Lundy has a rich bird life and is a popular site for [[birdwatching]]. Large numbers of [[black-legged kittiwake]] (''Rissa tridactyla'') nest on the cliffs, as do [[razorbill]] (''Alca torda''), [[common guillemot]] (''Uria aalge''), [[European herring gull]] (''Larus argentatus''), [[lesser black-backed gull]] (''Larus fuscus''), [[northern fulmar]] (''Fulmarus glacialis''), [[European shag]] (''Phalacrocorax aristotelis''), [[Eurasian oystercatcher]] (''Haematopus ostralegus''), [[Eurasian skylark]] (''Alauda arvensis''), [[meadow pipit]] (''Anthus pratensis''), [[common blackbird]] (''Turdus merula''), [[European robin]] (''Erithacus rubecula''), and [[linnet]] (''Carduelis cannabina''). There are also smaller populations of [[peregrine falcon]] (''Falco peregrinus'') and [[common raven|raven]] (''Corvus corax'').<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lymbery |first=Philip |date=21 March 2017 |title=Plight of the falcon: Why the birds are under threat |url= https://inews.co.uk/news/long-reads/peregrine-falcon-lundy-island-philip-lymbery-54030 |access-date=9 February 2024 |website=inews.co.uk}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Birds |url= https://www.lundy.org.uk/about-lundy/wildlife-on-the-island/birds |access-date=9 February 2024 |website=Lundy.org.uk |publisher=Lundy Field Society}}</ref>

Lundy has attracted many [[Vagrancy (biology)|vagrant birds]], in particular species from [[North America]]. As of 2007, the island's bird list totals 317 species.<ref name="BirdsofLundy">{{cite book |last1=Davis |first1=Tim |last2=Jones |first2=Tim |date=2007 |title=The Birds of Lundy |others=Langman, Mike (ill.) |location=Berrynarbor |publisher=Devon Bird Watching & Preservation Society / Lundy Field Society |isbn=978-0-9540088-7-1}}</ref> This has included the following species, each of which represents the sole British record: [[Ancient murrelet]], [[eastern phoebe]], and [[eastern towhee]]. Records of [[bimaculated lark]], [[American robin]], and [[common yellowthroat]] were also firsts for Britain (American robin has also occurred two further times on Lundy).<ref name="BirdsofLundy" /> [[Veery]]s in 1987 and 1997 were Britain's second and fourth records, a [[Rüppell's warbler]] in 1979 was Britain's second, an [[eastern Bonelli's warbler]] in 2004 was Britain's fourth, and a [[black-faced bunting]] in 2001 Britain's third.<ref name="BirdsofLundy" />

Other [[British Birds Rarities Committee|British Birds rarities]] that have been sighted (single records unless otherwise indicated) are: [[little bittern]]; [[gyrfalcon]] (3 records); [[little crake|little]] and [[Baillon's crake]]s; [[collared pratincole]]; [[semipalmated sandpiper|semipalmated]] (5 records), [[least sandpiper|least]] (2 records), [[white-rumped sandpiper|white-rumped]], and [[Baird's sandpiper|Baird's]] (2 records) sandpipers; [[Wilson's phalarope]]; [[laughing gull]]; [[bridled tern]]; [[Pallas's sandgrouse]]; [[great spotted cuckoo|great spotted]], [[black-billed cuckoo|black-billed]], and [[yellow-billed cuckoo|yellow-billed]] (3 records) cuckoos; [[European roller]]; [[olive-backed pipit]]; [[citrine wagtail]]; [[Alpine accentor]]; [[thrush nightingale]]; [[red-flanked bluetail]]; [[western black-eared wheatear|western black-eared]] (2 records) and [[desert wheatear|desert]] wheatears; [[White's thrush|White's]], [[Swainson's thrush|Swainson's]] (3 records), and [[grey-cheeked thrush|grey-cheeked]] (2 records) thrushes; [[Sardinian warbler|Sardinian]] (2 records), [[Arctic warbler|Arctic]] (3 records), [[Radde's warbler|Radde's]], and [[western Bonelli's warbler]]s; [[Isabelline shrike|Isabelline]] and [[lesser grey shrike]]s; [[red-eyed vireo]] (7 records); [[two-barred crossbill]]; [[yellow-rumped warbler|yellow-rumped]] and [[blackpoll warbler]]s; [[yellow-breasted bunting|yellow-breasted]] (2 records) and [[black-headed bunting]]s (3 records); [[rose-breasted grosbeak]] (2 records); [[bobolink]]; and [[Baltimore oriole]] (2 records).<ref name="BirdsofLundy" />