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Counting the Faroes' Half-Million Puffin Pairs

Ocean Life

🇫🇴 Faroe Islands

The Faroe Islands hold around half a million breeding puffin pairs, and the national marine institute has been watching their burrows since 2005 to find out why the colonies kept emptying.

70%Common guillemot decline at the Hovdin monitoring site, 1972 to early 2020s
500kpairsBreeding puffin pairs in the Faroe Islands
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