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Results are in for an innovative study into the feeding habits of one of the UK’s best loved seabirds, the Puffin. Published in the journal Avian Conservation and Ecology, this ground-breaking citizen science project, supported by The National Lottery Heritage Fund, invited members of the public, the 'Puffarazzi', to submit photos of Puffins carrying food for their chicks.

The photos were then analysed by a dedicated team of volunteers, dubbed “Puffineers” to determine the quantity and variety of prey that was caught and brought back to the nest for the developing Puffin chicks.

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