There are four species of puffins: Atlantic, horned, tufted and (despite the misleading name) rhinoceros auklets. They live along the northern coastlines of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
Puffins are known as 'sea parrots' due to their brightly coloured bills and are mainly found on rocky coasts and offshore islands. Around 90% of the Atlantic puffin population are found in Europe; ...
An animal rescue charity has welcomed rescue puffins from Iceland to its site. The Cornish Seal Sanctuary said all 10 of the puffins could not be released back into the wild. The charity said the ...
Image credit: Alex Board / Silverback Films / BBC Simon King, cameraman and wildlife consultant, suggested filming ‘kleptoparasitic behaviour’ between puffins and black-headed gulls – in ...
It’s the crossing point to the offshore island of Hornoya – where we were set to film a seabird spectacle – tens of thousands of puffins and guillemots, that arrive to nest each spring.