The island in the Bristol Channel is Lundy Island. From memory you have to get
a ferry from somewhere in North Devon and it's basically a day trip. And yes,
August is way too late.....
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On 13/03/2013, at 3:58 PM, "PennyDB" <> wrote:
> 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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