First puffin chick in 30 years just emerged from England's south coast after 15 weeks of careful monitoring, giving new hope to the country's last mainland colony
- A tiny puffin chick has achieved something conservationists on England's south coast had not witnessed in three decades.
- After 15 weeks of careful monitoring by National Trust volunteers and seabird expert Dr Richard Caldow, the chick was photographed emerging from a rocky crevice at Dancing Ledge on Dorset's Isle of Purbeck.
- The sighting marks the first confirmed puffin chick at England's last remaining mainland south coast colony in around 30 years.
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- A tiny puffin chick has achieved something conservationists on England's south coast had not witnessed in three decades.
- After 15 weeks of careful monitoring by National Trust volunteers and seabird expert Dr Richard Caldow, the chick was photographed emerging from a rocky crevice at Dancing Ledge on Dorset's Isle of Purbeck.
- The sighting marks the first confirmed puffin chick at England's last remaining mainland south coast colony in around 30 years.
Sources: Times of India