The birds, which mate for life, stuff up to 67 sand eels in their beaks each time just to feed one chick in a burrow. Most of the puffins which I photographed only managed to bring back a few sand eels at a time.
Friday, 9 July 2010
More Puffins
It was interesting to see on the News yesterday evening that the population of puffins on the Farnes is up 5% from last year. Researchers have been attaching tiny sat nav's to the birds in order to establish where they travel to find the sand eels. Initial results show the birds travel 20 miles out to sea several times a day to feed in sand eel 'hot spots'.
The birds, which mate for life, stuff up to 67 sand eels in their beaks each time just to feed one chick in a burrow. Most of the puffins which I photographed only managed to bring back a few sand eels at a time.
The birds, which mate for life, stuff up to 67 sand eels in their beaks each time just to feed one chick in a burrow. Most of the puffins which I photographed only managed to bring back a few sand eels at a time.
Thursday, 8 July 2010
Farne Island Puffins
On 24th June a group of us from Stokesley Photographic Society travelled north to the Farne Islands. We were blessed with great weather - some cloud cover so that it didn't get too hot and no rain. We had to make a 6.45 am start but it was worth getting up early.
We visited 2 islands, Staple Island and Inner Farne, spending 2 hours on each one.
It will take ages to process all the pictures. I've already deleted all the rubbish and unsharp pictures but that still leaves 265 from which to choose the best ones.
It will take ages to process all the pictures. I've already deleted all the rubbish and unsharp pictures but that still leaves 265 from which to choose the best ones.
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