The Comical Tammie Norrie

On Monday I visited the RSPB site at Fowlsheugh, just south of Stonehaven, with the hope of finding some puffins, or tammie norries as my Shetland mum always called them. I adore their comical and colourful faces and seeing them automatically makes me think of mum.

There were thousands of nesting birds on the cliffs at Fowlsheugh, but I only spotted two puffin couples. This guy was guarding the entrance to the burrow for quite a while. I did see mamma puffin pop out for a moment and then they both returned to the burrow and stayed there! I'm so happy to have got one decent image - albeit with a 400mm lens and zoomed in too.

[Dianne]

Very cute!

[Casablanca]

Absolutely adore these cuties! I have only ever seen them on the Isles of Scilly, opposite end of these islands to you! Gorgeous shot, well done

[julia]

Oh super cute.. On the bucket list to see these guys in their natural environment..

[Diana]

How wonderful, a great shot of this beauty. I would so love to see them in nature.

[John Falconer]

I love the name “ tammie norries”. I’ve never heard it before. And Great shot too.

[Joan Robillard]

Wonderful closeup

[Lesley]

Oh wow, what a lovely day you had. This is a brilliant capture!

[Valerie Chesney]

Such a beauty & a wonderful capture..
I so like these entertaining birds..
I love the name your mum gave them. "tammie norries"

[Wylie]

they are so special, lucky to see these!

[Babs]

Isn't he gorgeous

[Kathy A]

This is fabulous!

[~*~ Jo ~*~]

Fabulous fv!

[Krista Marson]

I always think of them as the clown fish of the bird world

[bkb in the city]

Great capture

[Margaret Brown]

Wonderful

[PhotoCrazy]

Wonderful capture!

[Christina]

Oh wow - how lucky you were to find one.

[Korcsog Károly]

Great shot!

[haskar]

How wonderful to find this bird. Beautifully captured.

[Kathy]

Oh hello! What a funny little bird on his/her little slip of cliff.

[Lin]

Goodness, what a cutie - fav.

[Islandgirl]

So adorable!

[Milanie]

He is the cutest thing!

[Tunia McClure]

The colors all look painted on.

[Phil Howcroft]

This is superb issi

[LManning (Laura)]

What a great shot! Love these goofy guys.

[amyK]

Wonderful shot

[eDorre]

Love it!

[Boxplayer]

Fabulous adorable capture.

[Louise & Ken]

A favourite of mine that I was never able to capture in the wild! Ken, Pam and I were in Newfoundland, and it was only Ken how had the agility to climb to where he could see them. You captured an exquisite photo with a story to go along! @pamknowler

[Ann H. LeFevre]

Looks to be a great shot to me! He sure does have some personality.

[Dorothy]

I’ve only seen them flying, this is a super superb photo. Added to my favourites.