ARTIST TORI RATCLIFFE DOING HER BIT TO BOOST SCOTLAND'S STRUGGLING PUFFINS

 

                                               
This whimsical  study of a puffin is the work of Edinburgh artist Tori Ratcliffe who is helping to raise funds for the Scottish Seabird Centre which is based in North Berwick.

Signed prints (which measure six inches by six inches) retail at £30 each, and Tori is donating 50 per cent from the sale of each.
                                                         

Tori - keen to support Scottish Seabird Centre

Says she: "One of the projects this money is helping to fund is the SOS Puffin Project.

"The number of puffins on the island of Craigleith in the Firth of Forth  had crashed from over 10,000 pairs to fewer than a thousand, due to an invasive  plant called tree mallow which grows to 3 metres in height.

"The Seabird Centre has been working to clear this plant, and puffin numbers have increased as a result.

Continues Tori: "In my mind, the SSC is a worthy charity - not only in striving to protect and preserve our marine life, but also because its team also puts a lot of work into educating children and getting them involved in nature."                                              

 More details from: http://toriratcliffe-art.co.uk/