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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Environment
Lucinda Cameron

Puffin numbers fall on Scottish island amid climate change concerns

The number of puffins has fallen (Niall Carson/PA) - (PA Archive)

The number of puffins at one of the UK’s largest colonies has fallen by about 30% in the last two years, raising concerns for their future amid climate change.

Experts fear “extreme climate events”, including intense storms and marine heat waves, have had an impact on the birds’ survival rates in recent years.

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