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BBC News
09-05-2025
- General
- BBC News
Puffin protection plan to go ahead on Jersey
Jersey is to get a brand new seabird reserve to help protect endangered puffins, razorbills and other native has been given by the Jersey authorities for a new reserve on the north coast of the will allow a fence to be built along the cliffs which aims to protect puffins and their eggs from predators including rats and comes after a dramatic decline in the breeding population to only six birds. Local conservationist group, Birds On The Edge (BOTE), says that since 1910 Jersey has lost 99% of its breeding puffin population, 92% of its breeding razorbills and all of its breeding Pinel from the group, told BBC News' Jonathan Morris that "puffins have been in decline for many years, and we think it's largely to do with the amount of predators up there."So the idea is to create a fence on the north coast which will protect colonies of many species of seabirds in Jersey."Campaigners hope locally extinct breeds such as guillemots and storm petrels could also return to the headland.
BBC News
08-05-2025
- General
- BBC News
Jersey seabird reserve to protect puffins gets go-ahead
A seabird reserve to protect locally endangered puffins, razorbills and other native wildlife will be built in has been approved by the States of Jersey for the reserve on the north will allow a 0.6 mile (1km) fence to be built along the cliffs between the Lecq shooting range and Plemont aims to protect puffins and their eggs from predators including rats and ferrets after a dramatic decline in the breeding population to only six birds. Conservationists Birds On The Edge (BOTE), which submitted the plan, said since 1910 Jersey had lost 99% of its breeding puffin population, 92% of its breeding razorbills and all of its breeding predators that threaten the species include rats, ferrets and domestic consulted on plans for a fence to protect puffins on Jersey's north coast in Pinel, from the group, said: "Puffins been in decline for many years, and we think it's largely to do with the amount of predators up there. "So the idea is to create a fence on the north coast which will protect not just sea bird colonies, but also colonies of many species of sea birds in Jersey."Campaigners hope locally extinct breeds such as guillemots and storm petrels could return to the headland.
