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Birds seen on sea-cliffs and rocky islands in the UK: Puffin |
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ARKive - Puffin
http://www.arkive.org/species/ARK/birds/Fratercula_arctica/more_still_images.html Gain an insight into the life of a puffin. Browse range of twenty-one colour images depicting single egg in burrow, chick, fledgling, and adults resting, fishing, and fighting. |
| ARKive - Puffin, Fratercula
arctica
http://www.arkive.org/species/ARK/birds/Fratercula_arctica/more_info.html Find out more about bird that is easy to recognize and is protected by UK Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981. Read about threats from rodents and other birds. |
| BBC: Science & Nature - Not
Just a Pretty Face http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/animals/birds/weeklyfeature/notjustaprettyface/index.shtml Review article that takes the lid off the secretive puffin. Explains what the colour bands on beak are, how they get so many fish in beak, and why they don’t build nests |
| Birds and Other Wildlife -
Puffin http://www.nature-pictures.co.uk/homepage/puffin-H.html Download this colour image of puffin, with beak full of fish, and understand its body shape, brightly-coloured legs, and sculpted head. |
| JNCC: Seabird 2000 - Atlantic
Puffin, Fratercula arctica http://www.jncc.gov.uk/page-2966/ UK government advisors publishes report into puffin colonies around coast of Britain. Find links to more data and read description of bird, and census methods. |
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Joint Nature Conservation
Committee - Puffin http://www.jncc.gov.uk/page-2966-theme=textonly/ Peruse condensed report on puffins written by UK government advisors. Offers visual description, overview of global distribution, plus summary of survey results. |
| Royal Society for Protection
of Birds - Puffin http://www.rspb.org.uk/birds/guide/p/puffin/ Find out about bird placed on amber UK conservation list that has a large colourful beak. Read full description and study colour illustration of adult in summer plumage. |
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Shetland Wildlife - Puffins in
Shetland http://www.wildlife.shetland.co.uk/birds/puffins.html Check out extensive fact sheet about puffins on remote island north of Scotland. Describes its behaviour and identifies when and where to see them. |
| University of Paisley -
Fratercula arctica, Atlantic Puffin http://www-biol.paisley.ac.uk/bioref/Animalia/Puffin.html Absorb details prepared by Scottish university about bird that breeds primarily in Scotland. Includes close-up of puffin perched on ground, plus image of colony. |
| Young People’s Trust for the
Environment - Puffin http://www.yptenc.org.uk/docs/factsheets/animal_facts/puffin.html Locate close-up photograph of rotund bird with odd choice of footwear colour. Also read details about distribution, habitat, size, and a liking for eels. |
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Birds on sea-cliffs & islands in the UK
