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Old 22-11-2006, 07:42 PM
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Re: black rats in UK

The "Review of British Mammals" 1995 by Stephen Harris et al (the link below should take you to it)

A review of British mammalsopulation estimates and conservation status of British mammals other than cetaceans

reckons that there were only about 200 - 300 in the UK outside of the populations on the Shiants (and possibly still Lundy), the only records were from port areas, so that makes it a fairly tough call I think.
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