The first puffins of the year have been spotted in the Firth of Forth after spending the winter out in open seas. The ...

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The island has seen its puffin numbers increase over the past seven years with the last count earlier this month revealing 52,000 occupied burrows – an increase of 33 per cent from 2017.

Restoration Forth is a major marine restoration programme working with communities to restore seagrass habitats and European flat oyster populations in the Firth of Forth. Restoration Forth will ...

THE first puffins of 2025 have been spotted in the Firth of Forth. The team at the Scottish Seabird Centre in North Berwick saw the colourful seabirds on their live cameras near Craigleith island.

The team at the Scottish Seabird Centre have spotted the first puffins of the year on their live cameras in the Firth of Forth.

SOS Puffin has been taking volunteer work parties onto the islands of Craigleith, the Lamb and Fidra in the Firth of Forth, for the past 18 years. The work parties remove invasive tree mallow ...

These birds are joyful to see, and we are very lucky that so many call the Firth of Forth ‘home’ during the summer months. "The race is now on for our conservation team and brilliant volunteers to ...