Puffin decline halted on Forth islands | Caledonian Mercury - Outdoors

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The drastic decline in puffins breeding on two islands in the Firth of Forth has been reversed.

The results of the latest puffin count on Craigleith and Fidra, off North Berwick, will come as welcome news to the 600 volunteers who have, for the last three years, been clearing the islands of tree-mallow, the invasive species of plant which has prevented the puffins getting to their burrows.



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