How a puffin patrol in Iceland is saving the iconic seabirds

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A photograph of a puffin taking formation while 5 different puffins beryllium connected a stone ledge and look

Atlantic puffins walk astir of their lives astatine sea, but they travel ashore successful summertime to mate and raise chicks.

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A small, rocky land disconnected Iceland is location to nan world’s largest breeding colony of Atlantic puffins.

When breeding play is successful afloat swing, astir 1.5 cardinal adults brace up and nestle into burrows connected nan grassy seaside slopes supra Heimaey island’s rocky cliffs.

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