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This year has been a good one for the puffins in the Forth Islands off the Scottish coasts near Edinburgh. Tree fallow covered the islands of Craigleith and Fidra obstructing the puffins’ burrows, preventing them from entering where they lay and tend to their eggs. Volunteers have been working hard to clear out all the tree fallow and the numbers look promising so far!

You can read more about it here.

Congratulations to the Forth of Firth Islands for doing what was necessary to help their puffins survive and thrive! =) YAY for volunteers who care! And yay for puffins!

A rare opportunity for Maine puffin lovers to volunteer helping puffins. The Project Puffin Visitor Center is seeking volunteers to assist its operations in June, July, and August 2009, during which volunteers will be given the opportunity to take a puffin-watching cruise. Selected volunteers may get to spend a week or more on an island with puffins!!!

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You can read more at the Project Puffin webpage.