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Puffins - some good news!

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Casdon Wed 24-Mar-21 17:27:15

At last, an increase in the Welsh puffin population, so nice to see bird numbers increasing for once, particularly such a lovely species.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-56511105
I wonder if less pollution due to worldwide lockdowns helped?

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vampirequeen Wed 24-Mar-21 17:51:37

That is good news. I love to watch them at Bempton and Flamborough in Yorkshire.

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PamelaJ1 Wed 24-Mar-21 17:56:18

Jersey’s puffin numbers have been very low this year. Hope they recover.

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grandmajet Wed 24-Mar-21 19:51:53

I love puffins. The Farne islands are full of them. It’s nice to have some good news today.

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NfkDumpling Wed 24-Mar-21 19:57:21

I thought the main reason for their decline was lack of sand eels which had been over fished for fertiliser. Does this mean the over fishing has been stopped?

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EllanVannin Wed 24-Mar-21 19:59:56

Donkeys years ago there used to be puffins on the IOM mainly on the Calf of Man but they're no more and they've tried using decoys to bring them back.
Plenty of other sea birds and loads of seals but no puffins sad

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Casdon Wed 24-Mar-21 20:04:26

They eat fish as well I believe NfkDumpling.

I thought it was interesting because they are just arriving for the season, hopefully it might mean that they return in greater numbers to Jersey and other parts of the UK as well.

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