‘A great thrill’: baby puffin is first one seen on Dorset coast in three decades

The Guardian reports a baby puffin has appeared on the Dorset coast for the first time in thirty years. Volunteers protecting what remains the last regular nesting site for puffins on mainland southern England describe it as 'a great thrill'—the payoff for years of patient observation of the rocky cliffs. The sighting suggests their conservation effort is working.

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