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Evening Standard
Tom Wilkinson

Puffin numbers down by almost a quarter on Farne Islands, annual survey shows

Puffins fly on Inner Farne, Northumberland (Owen Humphreys/PA) - (PA Archive)

A survey of puffins on the internationally important Farne Islands has shown a drop in numbers of almost a quarter.

The National Trust which looks after the islands off the Northumberland coast said the long-term trend needed to be monitored and cautioned against interpreting it as a sudden population decline.

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