By Helen BriggsBBC News
12 March 2016
Urgent action is needed to stop the
Balearic sheerwater being drowned in fishing lines and nets, say scientists.
The bird breeds in the Balearic
Islands , sometimes stopping off in British waters as it migrates
north.
Research shows the global population is
not sustainable in the long term. There are about 3,000 breeding pairs left.
The main threat to the bird is becoming
entangled in fishing gear, according to findings published in the Journal
of Applied Ecology.
Other risks include hunting by the likes
of cats and other small mammals.
Prof Tim Guilford of the Department of
Zoology at the University
of Oxford
He told BBC News: "The survival of
adults from one year to the next and especially of young adults is much lower
than we thought.
"The species is unsustainable - it
is on the road to extinction."
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