where it was once seen eating a shag (Gulosus aristotelis). A two–barred greenish warbler was found by Colin Bradshaw and Tom Bradshaw on Gugh from 21 to 27 October 1987. A first for Britain and Ireland. Insects Lepidoptera Cocksfoot moth (Glyphipterix simpliciella), very common Nothris congressariella, the larvae feed between spun leaves of balm-leaved figwort (Scrophularia scorodonia) and first recorded on Gugh in May 1994 Epagoge grotiana – recorded on 9 July 1995 Scoparia subfusca, recorded by day in 1993 Common carpet (Epirrhoe alternata) – recorded in 1995 Purple bar (Cosmorhoe ocellata) – recorded in the years 1993,1994 and 1995 Habitat restoration In 2013 the Isles of Scilly Seabird Recovery Project was set up by a number of organisations including the RSPB and the Isles of Scilly Wildlife Trust. The five-year project aims to keep the islands of St Agnes and Gugh brown rat (Rattus norvegicus) free, to help breeding sea birds, which lost 25% of their populations between 1983 and 2006. The rats eat eggs and kill the chicks of those birds that nest in burrows or on the ground. Rat removal began in October 2013 by a team of thirty volunteers led by Wildlife Management International Limited (WMIL) of New Zealand, and there has been no signs of rats on St Agnes and Gugh since December 2013. The ranger team of the Isles of Scilly Wildlife Trust started to remove pittosporum from some areas in 2016. By 2019, 1.2 ha had been removed from the sea-bird breeding areas and archaeology sites. They also created a mosaic of differing vegetation heights in the areas of grassland to create conditions favourable for orange bird's-foot and clovers, which need short turf, and in longer grass, Babington's leek and grass balm-leaved figwort. See also British National Vegetation Classification South Walls in Orkney References External links Lowland heathland - a cultural and endangered landscape Isles of Scilly Seabird Recovery Project The Isles of Scilly Area of Outstanding Beauty The Isles of Scilly Wildlife Trust The Megalithic Portal Inhabited islands of the Isles of Scilly Island restoration Sites of Special Scientific Interest in the Isles of Scilly Sites of Special Scientific Interest notified in 1976 Tidal islands of England Tombolos