Factors in their decline include the loss of moorland nesting habitat and feeding range, eggs and young being eaten by foxes, crows and other predators, and illegal persecution.

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At the time, it was also used as a habitat for a range of wildlife, including buffalo, zebra, gazelles and leopards, which frequently strayed onto the farmland from the neighbouring grasslands.

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He added the hill, formed by the spoil tip, was an important habitat for a wide range of species.

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The fowl are favorites of birders from Maine to Newfoundland, from Greenland to Ireland to France (the full range of the Atlantic Puffin's habitat).

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