Sumburgh Puffin

I usually wait until the first May Bank Holiday Monday before posting my first Puffin photo of the year but given the poor forecast for the day and the fine evening we headed to Sumburgh Head to see if there were many about. Pleased to say the place was heaving with them. Good time to see them as they are just now pairing off so none in the burrows yet and no need for all day feeding. Plenty Guillemots and Razorbills as well.

[Lynne Hart]

Such a beautiful bird, I've never seen one in real life. Great shot. Fav

[Joanna kate]

Beautiful image. They are so unusual, a fav

[Kitty Hawke]

Aww....lovely little face.

[The Intermittent Photographer aka Blue Rose]

Wonderful

[Donna]

Gosh so lucky to see these beautiful birds

[PhotoCrazy]

Fabulous!!

[Lee]

Love it. fav

[ChristineL]

Fantastic capture, they are such colourful birds.

[Shepherdman's Wife]

I love these comical birds and have booked to go to see them on the Farne Islands in June. Can't wait.

[Dawn]

How cool so cute a fav

[Joan]

Gorgeous..

[Jo]

Wonderful shot of this lovely bird. Fav

[Lisa Malecki]

wow, those are such strange looking birds

[Kerri Michaels]

so cute.. fav

[Daniela Russo]

This is so dreamy. It looks like a painting. FAV

[Mona]

Wow, I'm glad you posted this already. Love theme and you captered it so well. Love the backdrop, that shows a bit of the enviroment and how they live. Fav.

[Pam Knowler]

My favourite bird! How lovely to see them this early! Gorgeous capture! Fav of course and following!

[Dianne]

I love this - I'm jealous - a puffin image is on my bucket list…. no puffins in NZ though!

[Tracie Broadhead]

FAVulously awesome!

[Julienne Jones]

I'm jealous too! They are such characters!

[CP]

You guys are so lucky to see these for real!

[Elisabeth Sæter]

Wonderful shot. Fav

[Nina Ganci]

adorable capture
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[Anja]

Love these birds, awesome shot!

[Catherine P]

A fav! Such lovely colours well captured

[Margaret Obey]

My favourite sea bird from our waters. I was surprised the first time I saw them that they were much smaller than I expected.

[John Falconer]

Beautiful capture. Great shot.

[Margo]

Beautiful A FAV

[Danksound]

Stunning picture!!

[Andy]

Very nice, we get them on our nearest island

[Mona]

I'm very glad you made it in the top twenty with this one. Very well deserved and congratulations!

[Richard Lewis]

@mona65 Thanks Mona would not have spotted that. Strange what grabs peoples attention as a shot like this for me is so simple and easy to get and certainly not my best Puffin shot over the years

[👑 AnaZad]

Gorgeous capture. Fav and follow.

[Denise Wood]

Stunning capture of a beautiful bird :) Found it on TT, so congratulations and fav and follow!

[John Falconer]

I just knew this was top twenty material! Congratulations.

[tommykeith]

Congratulations on the top 20!! Awesome!

[Gena Pegg]

What an amazing shot! I LOVE Puffins! Congrats on TT

[Issi Bannerman]

Fantastic shot. Puffins make me think of my mum who was born and brought up in Sullom Voe. Her favourite bird. Following you in the hopes of seeing more wonderful shots from Shetland!

[Tim Dutton]

Excellent! Fav

[Pina Ornitorinco]

oooo so cute face!!!!

[PhotoCrazy]

Love this pic! Someday I'll get to photography these beautiful birds!