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Rescued puffin named Morris settles into the Cornish Seal Sanctuary
Overview
A rescued puffin found weak and underweight on a Cornwall beach has joined the puffin colony at the Cornish Seal Sanctuary in Gweek. Named Morris after a stop at a supermarket in Penzance during her rescue, the female bird is now integrating well with the other resident puffins.
Key points
- A weak and underweight puffin was rescued from Hawkes Point near St Ives after likely damaging a wing during the winter.
- The bird was named Morris after her rescuer stopped at a Morrisons supermarket in Penzance to buy whitebait, where a fishmonger helped feed her.
- DNA testing later revealed that Morris is female, but the name was kept.
- Morris has now successfully settled into the puffin colony at the Cornish Seal Sanctuary in Gweek.