Atlantic puffins’ beaks are more reminiscent of birds that live in the rainforest than on chilly cliffs. Bright orange or red, with blue and white streaks, it’s obvious why they’ve been ...

There Are Multiple Species of Puffins There are four species of puffins: Atlantic, horned, tufted and (despite the misleading name) rhinoceros auklets. They live along the northern coastlines of the ...

Sand eels are a vital source of food for seabirds that live along the UK coastline, including the internationally important ...

Smallest of the four puffin species, they have come en masse to breed on Britain’s rumpled islands and coasts, the more remote, unpeopled, and predator free, the better. No one is certain ...

The UK's puffin population is predicted to nosedive by up to 90% in the next 30 years Puffins are threatened by invasive species including predators, pollution, food shortages caused by overfishing ...

Nonetheless, experts remain concerned that the commercial appetite for puffin among tourists in restaurants could speed up the species’ decline. Mr Trausti Gunnarsson, vice-chair of BirdLife ...

Cardigan Island was home to a significant Puffin colony in the 1890s when a local guidebook referred to the birds as ‘Welsh parrots’. A sheep grazier at the turn of the 20th century reported the ...