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Puffin
Puffin
(Fratercula arctica)
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Puffin egg in burrow
© Graham Wren / www.osfimages.com
Puffin chick
© Graham Wren / www.osfimages.com
Puffin fledgling
© Joe Blossom / www.nhpa.co.uk
Puffin fledgling flapping wings
© Dave Watts / www.nhpa.co.uk
Puffin
© Warwick Sloss / naturepl.com
Puffin
© Mark Hamblin / www.osfimages.com
Puffin
© Richard Packwood / www.osfimages.com
Puffin resting
© Richard Packwood / www.osfimages.com
Puffins
© lauriecampbell.com
Puffin flying with food
© Mike Hill / www.osfimages.com
Puffin with sand eels
© Pete Oxford / naturepl.com
Puffin taking off with beak full of prey
© Ben Roberts
Puffin at burrow entrance
© John Shaw / www.nhpa.co.uk
Puffins at burrow entrances
© Ian West / www.osfimages.com
Puffin pair greeting
© Craig Jones
Puffins greeting
© David Kjaer / naturepl.com
Male puffins fighting
© Kevin Schafer / www.nhpa.co.uk
Puffin calling
© Chris Gomersall
Puffins displaying
© David Tipling / www.davidtipling.com
Puffin with nest material
© Kevin Schafer / www.nhpa.co.uk
Puffin flock taking off
© Alan Williams / www.nhpa.co.uk
Puffin in flight
© Bill Coster / www.nhpa.co.uk
Puffins on water
© Richard Vaughan / www.ardea.com
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