A Circus of Puffins

Circus is one of many collective nouns applied to Puffins. I like it in this case as they nearly all seem to be doing something funny.

I did get more detailed and closer shots, but I like this for its humour quality.

[Pat Knowles]

Love their little matching boots & beaks! Lovely shot to see these birds here, little characters!

[Boo]

clowns the lot of them...lol...I love puffins. Reminds me of reading when small

[Joan Robillard]

Wow great

[Kerri Michaels]

i wish we had these birds fav

[Diana]

a wonderful capture of the stunning birds. I too wish we had them close by. Fav

[Margo]

I love these charming birds

[Wylie]

such fantastic birds for photos, and appropriate collective noun!

[Merrelyn]

I'd love to see puffins, they look so comical:)

[Valerie Chesney]

Superb..on black you can see each one clearly...lovely creatures.

[Graham Harcombe]

@happypat @huvesaker @joansmor @moviegal1 @ludwigsdiana @777margo @pusspup @merrelyn @happysnaps Thanks to all for great comments. I've never had a chance to photograph puffins before. I'd seen them at a distance and I was convinced that my chance had gone, as the puffins leave Shetland for Faroes and Iceland in early August.

P.S. I wish they wouldn't go to Iceland because they shoot them there and make pies from them!! ...and the numbers are decreasing.

[Sue Cooper]

A wonderful shot. You really should go to Skomer in May. Lots of puffins there and much closer than Shetland.

[Graham Harcombe]

@susiemc Thanks for the tip. I've put that in my 2020 diary!