puffin – Birds on the edge http://www.birdsontheedge.org Saving coastal birds and habitats from extinction Mon, 21 Oct 2024 18:02:36 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.3.18 https://i1.wp.com/www.birdsontheedge.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Birds-on-the-Edge-logo.png?fit=32%2C32 puffin – Birds on the edge http://www.birdsontheedge.org 32 32 32539615 Climate change and the UK’s birds http://www.birdsontheedge.org/2021/11/22/climate-change-and-the-uks-birds/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=climate-change-and-the-uks-birds Mon, 22 Nov 2021 11:30:11 +0000 http://www.birdsontheedge.org/?p=45527 From BirdGuides A newly published study from the British Trust for Ornithology indicates that many of the UK’s seabird populations including that of the Atlantic puffin could plunge by as much as 90% by 2050 … Read more

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]]> 45527 Endangered puffins and the Seabird Protection Zone  http://www.birdsontheedge.org/2021/04/02/endangered-puffins-and-the-seabird-protection-zone/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=endangered-puffins-and-the-seabird-protection-zone http://www.birdsontheedge.org/2021/04/02/endangered-puffins-and-the-seabird-protection-zone/#comments Fri, 02 Apr 2021 17:04:25 +0000 http://www.birdsontheedge.org/?p=44918 Press release from Birds On The Edge  Birds On The Edge is delighted to announce that Jersey’s Atlantic puffins have started to arrive to their breeding cliffs on the Island’s north coast. This small colony … Read more

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]]> http://www.birdsontheedge.org/2021/04/02/endangered-puffins-and-the-seabird-protection-zone/feed/ 1 44918 A Shire for Jersey’s puffins http://www.birdsontheedge.org/2020/03/16/a-shire-for-jerseys-puffins/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-shire-for-jerseys-puffins http://www.birdsontheedge.org/2020/03/16/a-shire-for-jerseys-puffins/#comments Mon, 16 Mar 2020 15:05:20 +0000 http://www.birdsontheedge.org/?p=43866 By Cristina Sellarés “In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit puffin. Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms and an oozy smell, nor yet a dry, bare, sandy hole with nothing in it … Read more

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]]> http://www.birdsontheedge.org/2020/03/16/a-shire-for-jerseys-puffins/feed/ 1 43866 Want nesting petrels or puffins? Get rid of invasive mammals from their colonies! http://www.birdsontheedge.org/2018/12/03/want-nesting-petrels-puffins-get-rid-invasive-mammals-colonies/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=want-nesting-petrels-puffins-get-rid-invasive-mammals-colonies Mon, 03 Dec 2018 19:01:53 +0000 http://www.birdsontheedge.org/?p=42117 It’s long been known that nesting seabirds and mammals don’t mix well. That’s why most species choose islands free of rodents and carnivores to nest. Smaller seabirds and those that nest down burrows are particularly … Read more

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