A Puffin evening to say goodbye
It’s nearly time for the Atlantic Puffins to depart. I’d like to say goodbye and good luck to them, so I set off along the track to the Castle’ Burrian. It’s already late.
![Puffins - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)](https://www.thehallofeinar.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Island-Life-The-Hall-of-Einar-4813-725x483.jpg)
Clouds are approaching and the light is getting more intense and focussed.
![Puffins - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)](https://www.thehallofeinar.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Westray-The-Hall-of-Einar-3919-725x483.jpg)
There are fewer and fewer Puffins on the cliffs now. Their Pufflings must have fledged and made their escape out into the North Sea under cover of darkness.
![Puffins - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)](https://www.thehallofeinar.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Westray-The-Hall-of-Einar-3969-725x483.jpg)
A few still remain.
![Puffins - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)](https://www.thehallofeinar.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Westray-The-Hall-of-Einar-3950-725x483.jpg)
As I walk home, stumbling in the darkness I see one final Puffin flying against a darkening sky.
![Puffins - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)](https://www.thehallofeinar.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Westray-The-Hall-of-Einar-4061-725x408.jpg)
Goodbye Puffins. Good luck on the open ocean. See you next year.