High angle view of atlantic puffin perching on grass,Melvich,Thurso,United Kingdom,UK - Photos

By way of a change, here's another from my visit to Wester Clett on the far north coast of Scotland, sometimes called Puffin Cove. It is the largest Puffin colony on the UK mainland by far, with 3,500 pairs of puffins nesting there in 2019 apparently. Wester Clett is actually a dumpy 50 metre high sea stack with sheers cliffs that provide the birds with a high level of protection from predators, The top of the stack is soil covered so it is pockmarked with burrows. I spent a happy few hours just watching these delightful little birds like this fine chap doing their stuff.