'Oona the puffin has gone from strength to strength'

Oona the puffin was first found 110 miles (177km) inland in a garden in Herefordshire - but now, after a clean bill of health, she is set for release.

The seabird was found near Stoke Lacy on Thursday, before being taken to Vets for Pets.

At the time, practice owner Elliot Goodwin said: "We're very hopeful she will be okay, but it's a sad reality that it will be a long way to get her to the point of recovery and release."

But less than a week later, Mr Goodwin has revealed the bird has fully recovered from its unexpected journey and will be released in Pembrokeshire, to join the colony she is thought to have come from, later this week.

Discussing Oona'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 Oona 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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