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Puffins Come Back To The Calf of Man For The First Time In More Than 30 Years

Fake it ‘till you make it that's been the moto successfully employed by the Manx Wildlife Trust...

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09.29 22 Jun 2021


Puffins Come Back To The Calf of Man For The First Time In More Than 30 Years


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09.29 22 Jun 2021


Fake it ‘till you make it that's been the moto successfully employed by the Manx Wildlife Trust of late. The conservation charity has brought Puffins back to the Calf of Man for the first time in more than 30 years by installing decoy versions of the seabird to lure them home.  Ornithologist, Aron Sapsford joins us this morning to tell us about their very clever ploy to get the puffins back.

 

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