00:02Puffins have started to return to Coquette Island in Northumberland after a challenging
00:06start to the year. The island, which is home to around 45,000 breeding seabirds, hosts
00:12puffins until the end of summer. Storms in February caused dozens of deaths, with birds
00:18washing up along north-east England's coasts. RSPB Reserve Manager Sarah Daly-Rumpel said
00:24the full impact is unclear, but numbers are expected to recover. Birds are arriving back
00:29to the island gradually, forming rafts on the water before returning to nest. Stephen Banks
00:34from Puffin Cruises said the first sighting on the 18th of March was almost on schedule.
00:39Locals are hoping for a strong season ahead.
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