In the British Isles, where puffins have not been hunted for a century (puffin hunting remains legal in Iceland), the seven-inch-tall birds can be ... to be upsetting the food chain.

"Puffin is my very favourite food," she grinned. Islanders regularly catch the birds, sitting on the cliff edges with huge nets and scooping the puffins up as they dive into the sea. That morning ...

Some colony declines are linked to lack of food availability to breeding birds but it is conditions in the wintering areas that are now believed to be most critical for long-term health of puffin ...

A few weeks in August and September are very special in Vestmannaeyjar, as everyone is involved in the annual Puffling Patrol ...

It's been a good year for the puffin population in our state. Researchers spent months studying the birds across seven ...

From colorful beaks to swift flight, learn how puffins thrive in the wild and why conservation efforts are critical to their ...

Five seabird species have been added to the UK red list of birds at most need of conservation, joining others such as the ...

The first survey of the colourful birds in five years has found that puffin numbers are up 15 per ... ability to fish for sandeels their preferred food source. 'Diseases, climate change and ...

The young puffin has only a few black feathers and its bill is largely orange. SWT said the bird's lack of pigmentation ... one of their most important sources of food." ...

The National Trust's rangers on the Farne Islands have carried out the first puffin count in five years and have seen a 15% ...

National Trust rangers carried out the first full count of the seabird species since 2019 after the pandemic and bird flu ...

A puffin returning with a beak full of food for its ‘puffling’ on Inner ... To conduct the count, the rangers monitor the birds by observing burrows for signs of activity, which includes ...