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Record puffin count on Welsh island for second year in a row
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Record puffin count on Welsh island for second year in a row

So: great news from Skomer Island off the Pembrokeshire coast, where a whopping 52,019 puffins were counted this year - that's 8,000 more than the previous record set just last year. The Wildlife Trust of South and West Wales called it a 'very pleasant surprise', especially given how many seabirds have been washing up on beaches across southern Europe recently. Which brings me to the bigger picture - puffins are actually declining fast at many UK sites, so Skomer is genuinely bucking a worrying trend. And here's the thing: it's 40-plus years of careful, consistent monitoring that makes this kind of good news story possible in the first place.
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