Atlantic Puffins

The foamy Atlantic

I love the dancing patterns the wave-crashed foam makes on the blue-grey sea below Papa Westray’s low cliffs. Especially when a Puffin …

If you spend enough time with Puffins you are guaranteed comedy gold.

I do love a good head-on Puffin encounter, especially if it’s carrying a Puffling’s meal.

No, I’m not tired of Puffins-with-fish shots.

The Atlantic Puffins on Papa Westray were bringing in many of these glassy fish with amazing transparent bodies. This Puffin had clearly …

Gorgeous, aren’t they?

Seeing a bird head-on in flight gives you a completely different perspective. This Atlantic Puffin over the turquoise seas of west Westray …

As soon as I see it, I can’t resist it. The image of that Puffin with an out-of-focus Shag behind is somehow …

It’s raining and a dull day on Westray when I get a call from my friend Martin. He’s out with the Puffins …

On the North Sea coast of Westray the Puffins nest in old rabbit holes and their own earth burrows. On the Atlantic …

My friend Martin and I are on Papa Westray for the day and we are both entertained by the Puffins flying along …

Here’s a Puffin, elegantly enthroned in a garden of Sea Pinks. That orange and pink is quite a severe clash. And here’s …

This Atlantic Puffin has come to rest on the low, grassy cliffs, where its burrow faces the North Sea. It flaps its …