Puffins are unmistakable birds with their black back and white underparts, distinctive black head with large pale cheeks and their tall, flattened, brightly-coloured bill. Its comical appearance is heightened by its red and black eye-markings and bright orange legs.
Used as a symbol for books and other items, this clown among seabirds is one of the world's favourite birds. With half of the UK population at only a few sites it is an Red List species.
Great places to see them are the Farne Islands and Skomer.
Farne Islands - June 2026
A photo I've been after for a while is of gulls trying to steal the fish from the puffins as they come back inland with their catch.
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Skomer Island - June 2025
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Skomer Island - May 2024
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Skomer Island - June 2023
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Northumberland - July 2022
Skomer - May 2022
