The first puffins of the year have been spotted in the Firth of Forth after spending the winter out in open seas. The ...

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Iain Morrison, who for 42 years has taken birders to the Treshnish Isles in Scotland, says he can’t help noticing that “communing with puffins makes people happy. I call it puffin therapy.” ...

In particular, the Brough of Birsay is a hidden gem with a fascinating history. An uninhabited tidal island off the northwest ...

In Britain, it’s thought that the decline in puffin numbers in recent years, especially on the eastern coast of Scotland, is linked to food shortages in the North Sea. Some colony declines are ...

and bright-beaked puffins (at left and in air, at center) find a haven on the Shiant Islands, just a few miles southeast of Lewis, Scotland. Nearly 8,000 razorbills and more than 200,000 puffins ...

THE Scottish Seabird Centre spotted the first puffins of the year yesterday, off the island of Craigleith. The spot was once ...

The team at the Scottish Seabird Centre have spotted the first puffins of the year on their live cameras in the Firth of ...

An important site for seabirds, the Forth is home to the largest colony of breeding puffins on the East Coast of Scotland, the Isle of May, as well as the world’s largest colony of Northern ...