Puffins like buses?  I wait years to try and see one, and then hundreds all come along together.  Admittedly, it would have been more of a surprise if I hadn’t seen a puffin, since I was on the island of Heimaey, which is home to one of the biggest Puffin colonies in the world.

And, in order to further increase my chances, once I was on Heimaey, I hiked down to the very south of the island to a spot known as Puffin Lookout.  I mean, I simply couldn’t fail.

And, there they were.  In their burrows; all around in the air; floating on the sea below.  Some were flapping their wings; some had recently-caught sandeels hanging from their mouths; all were adorable.

Puffins: a picture is worth a thousand words.

© E. C. Glendenny

E. C. Glendenny never gets bored of spotting puffins.