Little Scrub Island


Little Scrub Island is an island in Anguilla, a British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean. The island is to the north-east of the main island of Anguilla, and from Scrub Island.

Flora and fauna

The island was completely stripped of flora by Hurricane Luis in 1995 and Hurricane Lenny in 1999. Since then, the flora has recovered. Morning glory and prickly pear cactus are found, being vital to the Little Scrub ground lizard which is unique to the island.
The island provides a nesting site for various birds, including the brown noddy, bridled tern, sooty tern, roseate tern, and the brown booby. Several dove nests were also identified during a 2010 survey, along with a single Audubon's shearwater nest. Brown pelicans also used the island at that time, but were not observed to be nesting.