PARROTS of the SEA

Every summer, these snazzy

seabirds visit our shores to

nest and raise their chicks.

Find out more about the

adorable Atlantic puffins...

Puffin couples sometimes `divorce`!

This happens if they don`t produce

a chick after a couple of years.

IT `S

OVER!

PUFFIN PAIRES

Like most seabirds , puffins

mate for life . But raising chicks

is tough , so they need to choose

a reliable partner . To show off

their fishing skills , puffins that are

looking for mate stand around

the colony holding large `display

fish` in their beaks ! Bright colours

also indicate fish catching

prowess . Pairs spend the winter

apart , but return to the same

burrow each summer.

Baby puffins black

one`s white feathers are emerging.

A puffing off to sea without either of its

parents and has to learn how to fish all by itself!

FAB FISHER

 Diving up to

50m in search of food,

puffins are super swimmers ,powerful

through the water using their wings. When finding

food for their chicks , they catch multiple fish in one dive staying

underwater for up to two minutes at a time . They won`t return to the nest

until they have a decent amount of fish- depending on how lucky they are ,that could

take one dive or more than 100!

Underwater , puffins

look like they`re flying!