*** BIRD-LIFE OF LÁTRABJARG CLIFFS ***

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**  Atlantic Puffins at Látrabjarg cliffs **

Atlantic Puffins
(Fratercula arctica) are members of the Auk family and live for 25~30 years.
After a winter-long separation at sea, the breeding pairs arrive in early April to re-unite at their nesting
burrows in the turf on Látrabjarg cliff-top slopes. Single eggs are laid in the burrow mid-May, and one of
the adult Puffins remains incubating the egg in the burrow-nest, while the other adult flies out to sea
fishing. The Puffin chicks (Pufflings) hatch at the turn of June~July. The adult birds bring back beakfuls
of sand eels garnered on their fishing trips, and can be seen standing by their burrows early evening.
The Puffins depart from early August to over-winter at sea.

Our photographs were taken in poor afternoon weather,
late July on the cliff-tops at Látrabjarg.
** Kittiwakes and Guillemots on Látrabjarg cliffs **
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