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Gannets on Great Saltee. The islands are a breeding ground for fulmar, gannet, shag, kittiwake, guillemot, razorbill, puffin and grey seal.An area surrounding both islands and extending approximately 500 m (1,600 ft) offshore was granted the status of a Special Protection Area to protect the bird habitat. [2]
Puffins breed in colonies on coasts and islands; several current or former island breeding sites are referred to as Puffin Island. The male Atlantic puffin builds the nest and exhibits strong nest-site fidelity. Both sexes of the horned puffin help to construct their nest. Horned puffin burrows are usually about 1 meter (3.3 feet) deep, ending ...
The northern cardinal is the state bird of Kentucky. This list of birds of Kentucky includes species documented in the U.S. state of Kentucky by the Kentucky Bird Records Committee (KBRC) of the Kentucky Ornithological Society through January 2023. [1] Another accidental species has been documented since that date. [2]
Experts have drawn up guidelines for helping threatened European seabirds – which could include placing model puffins to attract them to new sites. Climate change threatens almost 70% of puffins ...
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Puffin 1887 Schlesinger Davis & Co: Wallsend 91: 21: 11¼ composite: composite 6,000 8 October 1896 Salvaged, beached at Rushbrooke, scrapped on beach. Sank during storm on Daunt, 8 October 1896, crew of 7 lost. Shearwater 1894 Allsup & Sons: Preston 96: 22⅔: 11¾ Steel sheathed with teak: Teak sheathed with muntz metal; 7,900 1955 Sold and ...
The Atlantic puffin is one of nature’s beloved and rare species, with many living on Eastern Egg Rock Island in the Gulf of Maine. NBC’s Kerry Sanders reports for TODAY that the animals are ...
SOS Puffin is a conservation project at the Scottish Seabird Centre at North Berwick to save the puffins on islands in the Firth of Forth. Puffin numbers on the island of Craigleith, once one of the largest colonies in Scotland with 28,000 pairs, have declined dramatically to just a few thousand due to the invasion of a large introduced plant ...