A WEST Devon pensioner is doing her bit to help save 19 species of seabird that are threatened with becoming extinct. Joanna Wren from Tavistock decided to use her musical talents to raise money for the RSPB's Save the Albatross campaign after seeing the birds on a recent trip to New Zealand. Joanna has produced a CD to support the campaign and is also organising a concert on Saturday, November 25, at Tavistock's Acoustic Café in aid of the Save the Albatross Campaign. It will be held at the Parish Church Centre on Plymouth Road, where the CD Albatross will be on sale. Albatrosses are magnificent, large seabirds with heavy-looking bills. They live in the southern hemisphere. The RSPB say that 100,000 albatrosses die each year on fishing hooks. The birds become caught on the hooks, which drag them under water causing them to drown. Because they are being killed in such vast numbers they can't breed fast enough to keep up, which means they are in real danger of extinction. Joanna said: 'It is unthinkable that these magnificent birds should be allowed to die out. I feel very lucky to have seen them when I was in New Zealand. It made me feel that I simply had to do something to try and help them.' The CD Albatross has been produced with the support of many of the South West's best known folk performers, including Mike O'Connor, Roger Smith and the shanty crew Hanging Johnny. Joanna, herself a singer/songwriter and singing teacher, also runs two community choirs in Tavistock. Admission for the concert is £5 entry and copies of the CD are price £10, will be on sale at the concert but are also available by contacting Joanna on 01822 613085 or from http://www.independentmusicsw.co.uk">www.independentmusicsw.co.uk