‘Puffin patrol’: Remote Icelandic community fighting to save puffin chicks
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Published 2022-08-14
The remote Icelandic community of Heimaey in the Vestmannaeyjar archipelago have begun their Puffin patrol season, where residents conduct nightly searches for pufflings which have flown into the local town, confused by the lights.
Every year residents of Heimaey, an island off the coast of Iceland, form puffin patrols to rescue chicks, known as pufflings.
The Sea Life Trust Puffin Rescue Centre rehabilitates and cleans any injured or oiled pufflings at the rescue centre on the island.
After seeing "worrying conditions this year", scientists are studying the birds to look into why the nesting rates are dropping.
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All Comments (7)
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Man those are cute... Hope someday visit iceland and contribute in puffin patrol.❤
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Save the Puffins! Yay 🙂
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0:55 that puffin is sigurdís and i have had the honnour of working with her and she behaves much like a human and isnt afraid of humans. she recognises some people as giving her fish and so sticks to them. Also before anyone says something she refuses to leave we have tried throwing her into the wild but she wants to have acces to free fish 3 times per day and always warm weather and a swimming pool. She lives at the beluga sanctuary on the island
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Nice
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Puffins are very tasty. Icelanders harvest them. Dingbats who think protein originates from the supermarket rant. So it goes.
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