Una the puffin found in Herefordshire is set for release
Discussing Una's health at the time she was found, he said: "She's very tired, she's exhausted. So normally, these guys would weigh somewhere around 400g but she weighs 218g."She seems fairly bright but the challenge with all wildlife is they're so good at concealing when they are unwell."
Speaking to BBC Hereford & Worcester to update listeners on the animal, Mr Goodwin said: "She's doing very well despite initial expectations, if I'm honest. "With a bird like this that is so far from home we were worried she might succumb to illness."But no, she's gone from strength to strength."
Mr Goodwin said the plan is to to transport Una over the border into Wales, later this week."We need to take her back from where she's comes from and we suspect she's come from the Pembrokeshire coastline, so Skomer or Skokholm Island," he said. "We're planning on transporting her so she's very close to where there are existing puffin colonies."
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