Pottering Puffins
I’m pottering and decide to have a look at this summer’s Puffin portraits. There are a few I haven’t developed yet. I …
I’m pottering and decide to have a look at this summer’s Puffin portraits. There are a few I haven’t developed yet. I …
It’s time for another One Minute Puffin Cure. Recorded using a tiny remote control camera at the Castle o’ Burrian on Westray …
Looking back at some of this summer’s Puffin photographs I find a sequence I really enjoy which I haven’t developed. How entertaining …
Not everyone wants their photograph taken. Especially when you’re just getting ready to go out.
I’ve heard of a travelling circus. I’ve heard of a flying circus. But a floating circus? That’s a new one on me. …
Here are some of my favourite Puffin outtakes of 2019: Westray has said goodbye to its Puffins for another year. Farewell our …
Puffins this way. That’s what the sign says. Except the Puffins are going this way and that way in a dizzyingly busy …
Did you know birds have an arm-wing and a hand-wing? You can see it well on Puffins when they fold their wings …
Puffins are hunted by Great Skuas (known in Orkney as Bonxies). The Bonxies patrol the coast and appear, low and fast, unseen …
Alfred Schnabel, the incredible digging Puffin, almost throws himself off the cliffs in his Herculean efforts to dig grass roots out of …
Puffins are delightful to watch. The more you watch, the more you notice. The more you notice the less you understand. We …
It takes an extraordinary amount of time to keep in tip-top waterproof condition when you spend your time in the salty ocean. …
I met a German tourist at the Castle o’ Burrian on Westray in Orkney. He’d just been to see the Puffins. His …
And the Puffin that hatches on the Sabbath dayIs bonny and blithe and good and gay.
Saturday’s Puffin has a fight at a party.
Friday’s Puffin laughs loud and hearty.
Thursday’s Puffin has far to go.
Wednesday’s Puffin is full of woe.
Tuesday’s Puffin is full of grace.
Monday’s Puffin is fair of face.
Many birds are perfect parcels of protein. There are plenty of predatory species which would treat them as a tasty snack. This …
Non-scientists often think the mysteries of the living world have been solved. Nothing could be further from the truth. There’s plenty of …
The power of flight still astonishes me. If only I could be up there with the birds at RSPB Bempton Cliffs. The …
Try going to Bempton and getting a photograph without a Gannet in it. Try it. Go on. Here’s a Puffin in flight; …
My trips to Orkney in 2018 were full of wildlife surprises. I spent some time in the summer with the Black Guillemots …
My adventures on the fourth of five days walking the entire coast of Westray.
I’ve only had fleeting glances of Puffins with Sandeels as they whizz past at 30 miles per hour. I’m delighted to see …
I’m sitting on the cliffs of Westray on a beautiful day. I’m wearing full camouflage. I’ve been taking photographs of birds as …
I’ve opened a photographic studio here on Westray. No, not for people, but for Puffins. I have a range of natural backdrops, …
There’s a new report out on the State of the World’s Birds. It reports the science that 1 in 8 bird species …