The Guardia Civil nature protection service - Servicio de Proteccion de la Naturaleza (SEPRONA) - was given a Puffin last week which was found on a beach in Vera in obvious distress, unable to fly due to an injured wing and with injuries to one of its eyes. It was found by a member of the public who took it to the Guardia Civil building in Garrucha which has a SEPRONA section. After being cared for overnight it was sent to the provincial threatened species recovery centre (C.R.E.A.).
The Arctic Puffin (Fratercula artica), known in Spanish as Frailecillo which literally means 'little friar' breeds on the coasts of northern Europe, the Faroe Islands and Iceland, from well within the Arctic Circle to northern France. The winter months are spent at sea far from land and they habitually venture as far south as the Mediterranean but normally stay well out to sea.
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