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It’s entertaining to spend a day on the cliffs with a flask of tea and a local cheese sandwich on home-made bread when there are Puffins about. It’s heart-warming to see them bringing fish in to their Puffling.
Their nests are sometimes in earth burrows, often taken over from Rabbits which have abandoned a hole with the precipitous drop. However, sometimes their nests are in rock clefts and deep in rock scree. This Puffin is checking the coast is clear to leave its Puffling safe and secure.
320 million years of evolution separate me from this Puffin but we share the same views on keeping our children safe.
More Puffins
Into the wind we go Watching Puffins negotiate high winds is a thrill. I particularly like their head-down, stiff-necked attitude as they take off. read more
Beak full of fish I do love a good head-on Puffin encounter, especially if it's carrying a Puffling's meal. read more
Catch of the day The Atlantic Puffins on Papa Westray were bringing in many of these glassy fish with amazing transparent bodies. This Puffin… read more
Head-on Seeing a bird head-on in flight gives you a completely different perspective. This Atlantic Puffin over the turquoise seas of… read more
The Puffin and the Shag As soon as I see it, I can't resist it. The image of that Puffin with an out-of-focus Shag behind… read more
Puffins love a breeze on their bellies It's raining and a dull day on Westray when I get a call from my friend Martin. He's out with… read more