
Puffins - Fratercula arctica
Puffins are one of the most iconic seabirds in the UK, but one that is currently in serious decline in Shetland. Hermaness Reserve has seen a drop from 25,000 pairs to just 2,500 in the last ten years. This is mainly due to lack of food in the local area, so the puffins are having to travel further afield to find a meal - and bringing back food with less nutritional value than the sand eel. That said, it is still a fantastic place to see these incredible birds and my favourite place to photograph them. The backdrop is stunning, the evening light is beautiful and there are still plenty of puffins to photograph.
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High key puffin with a beak full of sandeels. Taken in Shetland, UK
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Puffin sitting in the long grass. Taken in Shetland, UK
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Puffins calling and socialising. Taken in Shetland, UK
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Puffin calling at sunset. Taken in Shetland, UK
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Two puffins sitting on the cliff top at sunset. Taken in Shetland, UK
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Two puffins bill tapping courtship. Taken in Shetland, UK
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Puffins sitting in the sea thrift. Taken in Shetland, UK
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Puffin with a Bokeh effect. Taken in Shetland, UK
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Puffins sitting on the cliff top. Taken in Shetland, UK
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Puffin at sunset on the cliff top. Taken in Shetland, UK
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Grey eyed puffin. Taken in Shetland, UK
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Puffin peeping over the hill, watching me. Taken in Shetland, UK
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Puffins sitting on the cliff top at sunset. Taken in Shetland, UK
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Puffin looking out over the sparkling sea with a bokeh effect. Taken in Shetland, UK
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Puffin bokeh effect. Taken in Shetland, UK
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Puffin with a beak full of fish. Taken in Shetland, UK
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Puffin preening. Taken in Shetland, UK
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Low key puffin portrait. Taken in Shetland, UK
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Puffin portrait. Taken in Shetland, UK
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Puffin with a beak full of sandeels and fish at sunset. Taken in Shetland, UK
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Puffin returning to its nest with food for its chick. Taken in Shetland, UK
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Puffin with a squid. Not its normal prey and isnt as good for them. They are starving due to the lack of sandeels. Taken in Shetland, UK
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Puffin overlooking the gannet cliffs. Taken in Shetland, UK
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Puffin at hermaness nature reserve, overlooking the sea and gannet colony. Taken in Shetland, UK
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Puffin preening its feathers. Taken in Shetland, UK
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Puffin with sandeels at sunset. Taken in Shetland, UK
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Puffins in Flight
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Puffin coming into land with blue sky. Taken in Shetland, UK
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Puffin flying over the rough sea. Taken in Shetland, UK
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In high winds, puffins hover when they come into land. Taken in Shetland, UK
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Puffin landing on the cliff edge.Taken in Shetland, UK
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Puffin returning to the cliff with a squid in its mouth. Taken in Shetland, UK
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Landing puffin silhouette against the sea. Taken in Shetland, UK
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High key image of a puffin coming into land. Taken in Shetland, UK
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Puffin fly over the white break water of the sea. Taken in Shetland, UK
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To puffins flying side by side. Taken in Shetland, UK
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Puffin flying around hermaness with muckle flugga lighthouse in the background and the gannet colony. The northernmost point of the UK. Taken in Shetland, UK
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Puffin Sunset
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Puffin flapping its wings towards the setting sun. Taken in Shetland, UK
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A pair of puffins watching the sunset together on top of the cliff. Taken in Shetland, UK
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Three puffins sitting on the cliff with the sun setting behind. Taken in Shetland, UK
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Puffin blocking out the sun and looking out over the sea. Taken in Shetland, UK
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Sun bursting through the silhouette of the puffin. Taken in Shetland, UK
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Puffin blocking out the sun. Taken in Shetland, UK
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Puffin in a ray of sun light reflecting off the sea. Taken in Shetland, UK
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Low key puffin with the light glowing through its beak, backlit. Taken in Shetland, UK
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Puffin collecting nesting material and bringing it back to its hole. Taken in Shetland, UK
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Puffin silhouette next to the sunset. Taken in Shetland, UK
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Sun setting on the horizon with a puffin posing on the cliff top. Taken in Shetland, UK
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Puffin collecting nesting material at sunset. Taken in Shetland, UK
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Outline of a backlit, low key puffin. Taken in Shetland, UK
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Puffin silhouette at it flaps its wings in front of the setting sun. Taken in Shetland, UK
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Puffins resting on top of the cliff. Taken in Shetland, UK
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Puffin looking out over the vast sea and sky during sunset. Taken in Shetland, UK
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Puffin silhouette against the moody sky at sunset. Taken in Shetland, UK
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Puffin sitting on the cliff with the sun setting in the background. Taken in Shetland, UK
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Puffin watching the sunset and stunning colours of the sky.Taken in Shetland, UK
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Two puffins watching the incredible sunset. Taken in Shetland, UK