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Published: 2017-12-15 17:44:02 +0000 UTC; Views: 303; Favourites: 17; Downloads: 0
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Puffins and Icelandic poppies, watercolour pencil.Puffins are one our most recognisable and much-loved seabirds with their colourful bills and eye markings. However, in recent years their numbers across the UK and Europe have plummeted leading to the species being declared vulnerable to global extinction - with further declines of between 50-79 percent estimated by 2065. Warming seas, caused by climate change, affecting puffins’ food sources are thought to be one of the main threats to their numbers. - from the RSPB website.
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Comments: 3
herofan135 [2018-01-22 10:53:01 +0000 UTC]
This is such a beautiful tribute to an awesome bird, sorry to hear their numbers are dropping though!
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Great-Skua [2017-12-26 18:08:30 +0000 UTC]
That quite sad about the puffins I know quite a few seabirds are plummeting in numbers.
I was reading about an Irish / English cooperative program to bring back tern populations to nesting islands. Btw Beautiful artwork !
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Chala86 In reply to Great-Skua [2017-12-27 09:21:49 +0000 UTC]
I agree. It's so sad to be losing so many of our beautiful sea birds. Thank you for the comment and the support 😊
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