PUFFINS are returning to Scotland's shores for the summer season for the first time since a landmark ban on sandeel fishing.
The prohibition on industrial fishing for sandeel - a vital food source for puffins and other seabirds - has been hailed by conservationists.
But experts have warned more must be done to save the at-threat species, known as "the clown of the sea", amid alarming declines.
Three-quarters of the UK's puffins are based in Scots breeding colonies. But the population has fallen by a third here since 2000.
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