Uploaded September 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Conservationists have told STV News they believe the decline of Scotland's seabirds isn't inevitable - amid plummeting populations. Rising sea temperatures, food shortages and disease outbreaks like avian flu are all contributing to them dying out. But on the Isle of Lunga in the Inner Hebrides, a rise in the number of puffins has provided some cause for optimism.

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