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RFI Atlantic Puffins

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Subject: RFI Atlantic Puffins
From: PennyDB <>
Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2013 15:49:10 +1100
Dear Carl

There is an island off the north coast of Somerset in the Bristol channel that used to have puffins breeding on it. Otherwise you have to head north to the Scottish west coast and Shetland islands, or Northern Ireland. They vanish out to sea immediately the chicks fledge so to be sure of seeing any you need to be there in June or July latest. I was in Shetlands last September and not a puffin to be seen anywhere, and I have yet to see even one! Of course with global warming issues their breeding season may be slightly different.

And I'm an ex-pom who was married to a non-birder who wasn't interested in looking for them in the Bristol Channel when we holidayed there years ago. Says it all..............

All the best with your search


Hi,

most Puffins will have left Skomer (Pembrokeshire in SW Wales) or the Farne Islands (NW England) by late July / early August. (but def worth the trip if you can get there earlier)

Cheers, Ian

On 12/03/2013 1:32 PM, Sonja Ross wrote:
Hi Carl,

The other thing to check is, are the Puffins still there? July or even late June tends to be the end of the Puffin season on the Isle of May off the east coast of Scotland. I don't know if places further south are earlier or later, but it is worth checking.

Sonja


On 12/03/2013, at 11:44 AM, Carl Weber wrote:

Hi All,



We are planning a trip to the UK this summer and would like to see puffins.
Are there places in England, Wales, or Scotland that are reliable for
puffins? I understand that they lose their colour in winter - are they still
coloured in August?



Thanks.



Carl Weber

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