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It measures 310mm x 390mm x 33mm deep & is Fitted with Perspex for safety. The deep frame is handmade in Yorkshire using Polcore (textured plastic) You will receive a fully mounted and framed high quality print. The A4 and A3 print does have a white border around the image so it should fit most standard frames. You will receive an unmounted and unframed high quality print we suggest using any standard frame.

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We always print our pictures using a professional Canon printer onto professional quality 260 g/m2, so you can be sure the print will look gorgeous and crisp for years to come. This lovely picture would look lovely on any room or as a gift for someone special. This design was originally sketched and then painted using acrylic paints by Katie. Katie wanted to get across the colour of the puffin beak in contrast to the body. There's something rather incredible about the colours on a Puffins beak and the way they all nestle together on the rocks. Printed on beautiful 260 g/m2 professional paper by us in Yorkshire, UK Read more about where we stayed in Scotland: Melfort Village.- Unique and original design painted by us After massing on the sea, the puffins fly to the mid-Atlantic for the winter. During July they care for their offspring, but in August the parents abandon the nest, followed several days later by their sole chick. Puffins start arriving on Staffa Island in March/April to nest, their chicks hatch around May/June. On land they move at surprising speeds, at sea they can dive to 60 metres to catch sand eels – their favourite snack, and can live for more than 20 years. When you spot puffins in Scotland, know that they have flown thousands of miles to nest. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and. They fly awkwardly and land with very little grace – orange webbed-feet flailing in different directions as they touchdown unsteadily.īut I revelled in this animal encounter, and enjoyed privileged moments studying them through my zoom lens as I took my puffin pictures. Definition of puffin-books in Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary. They waddle slightly, yet they’re much better on land than in the air. It’s hard not to love puffins, with their brightly coloured beaks and clownish appearance. And as we reached the nesting area, all memory of clambering over rough ground and tricky inclines was gone.

Even the pink marker, showing the puffins’ nesting site, didn’t put me off and that seemed a very distant quarter of a way around the island.īut for once I knew this was a hike with a point – I’d finally see puffins in Scotland. And was as usual, unprepared (wearing canvas shoes) for a scramble across rocky, muddy and slippery terrain. Volcanic lava flows are responsible for the hexagonal columns that form Staffa’s rocky face. It molts while at sea in the winter and some of the bright-colored facial. Its broad boldly marked red and black beak and orange legs contrast with its plumage. It has a black crown and back, pale grey cheek patches, and white underparts.

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Our images are royalty-free, meaning you can download any of our photos and use them as you wish. The Atlantic puffin is a colorful seabird and is the only puffin native to the Atlantic Ocean.

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Browse our selection of puffin images available in our free stock photo library. The cave stretches 250 feet and the roof stands 70 feet above the swelling sea. Download free puffin images and pictures on Pikwizard. It is also home to Fingal’s Cave, the inspiration for Mendelssohn’s Hebridean overture, with a landscape reminiscent of Northern Island’s Giant’s Causeway. It’s not just puffins you see on Staffa, many birds nest there including cormorants, shags, kittiwakes, fulmars, great black-backed gulls, skuas and razorbills – allowing you to capture much more than just puffin pictures. Landing on Staffa Island we climbed a number of stairs up to hit the top of this chunk of rock. En route to Staffa we’d paused to photograph seals that had hauled themselves out onto rocky outcrops. We’d already seen everything from feral goats – much wilder than the average it seems – to sea eagles. And as we discovered, Staffa Island is one of the best places in the UK in which to take puffin pictures.īut then Scotland’s west coast has an abundance of wildlife. It’s not every day you spot a gathering of puffins in the Inner Hebrides. In fact you’ll only see puffins in Scotland from April to August.

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