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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