AN RSPB Scotland project to aid conservation efforts for puffins has been awarded £49,800 by the Heritage Lottery Fund.
In recent years puffin 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.