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Coastal PeopleYou are in: Cornwall > Marine Watch > Coastal People > Discovering Looe Island  Discovering Looe IslandΒι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Cornwall reporter Hannah Stacey travels to East Looe to meet marine experts from the Marine Biological Association to talk about the underwater habitat off the Looe coast and discover some secrets about Looe Island. Listen to the interview. Looe Island is a marine nature reserve and the waters around it are teeming with life. It provides a quiet haven for wildlife, with a variety of habitats including woodland, maritime grassland, sand, shingle and rocky reef. Looe Island is the second largest breeding colony in Cornwall of great black-backed gulls nests. This species is kleptoparasitic, meaning it will rob other sea birds of their catch as a means of obtaining food. Abigail Crosby is a Marine Education Officer for the Cornwall Wildlife Trust and recently spent 2 weeks on the island. Her main role is to help set up educational activities particularly in the summer.Μύ Listen to an interview with Abigail Crosby as she describes the Island itself and talks about the native wildlife:
Help playing audio/video Take a look at a gallery of pictures of Looe Island and the wildlife that inhabit it: The rat population is a constant threat to the nesting sea birds on the Island, predating on eggs and young. If the 19th century author Wilkie Collins is to be believed, rats were caught on the Island, 'smothered in onion' and 'eaten with vindictive relish by the people of Looe'. Click on the link below for more information on Looe Island: The Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ is not responsible for the content of external websites last updated: 12/08/2008 at 15:36 SEE ALSOYou are in: Cornwall > Marine Watch > Coastal People > Discovering Looe Island
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