PUFFINS RETURN




It is over a month since the first puffins of this season have been seen returning to Skomer Island. On the 16th of April puffins landed on the island and on Sunday 2nd of April approximately 7,300 puffins were gathered in North Haven. This was the opening day of the season for visitors, who would have been able to marvel at the antics of the "sea parrot" returning from over-wintering in the North Atlantic as part of a life-style that is just becoming to be understood. Only very recently have tracking devices been miniaturised sufficiently to enable this small bird to be monitored. 

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