Puffins

RSPB buys Bass Rock after 300 years in private hands

The charity says the purchase is an important step in halting declining seabird numbers in the Firth of Forth.

Events at Flamborough will include boat trips, guided walks and a chance to enjoy the dawn chorus.

Conservationists say efforts to bring puffins to an uninhabited island using decoys are working.

The footage was captured by divers off the Pembrokeshire coast.

Iestyn Morgan, 21, was invited by Pembrokeshire Boat Charters to swim with Skomer Island's puffins.

Sailors and paddlers are urged to help protect breeding birds after thousands died in storms.

Eager North East and Cumbria photographers share their memorable images of local wildlife in spring.

The stairway was built as part of wider improvements and gives visitors easier access for puffin-spotting.

The puffins returned to Dancing Ledge in Purbeck in late March to mid-April, says the National Trust.

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