Atlantic Puffin enthroned in Sea Pinks
Here’s a Puffin, elegantly enthroned in a garden of Sea Pinks. That orange and pink is quite a severe clash.
And here’s one fluffing itself up and drying itself off after a spot of bathing.
The Castle o’ Burrian on Westray is still one of the best places in Orkney to see Puffins.
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