Atlantic Puffin
Habitat and behaviour
Habitat: Sea-cliff burrows (summer).
Diet: Sandeels.
Best time to spot: Iconic; declining at most colonies.
When to look
Resident in the UK, so it can be found year-round. Numbers peak in May. See the May birding guide for what else is about. More on the season in British seabirds.
Where to see it
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Similar birds
- Tufted Puffin · Sea (extreme vagrant)
- Black-legged KittiwakeUncommon · Sea-cliff ledges (summer)
- Common GuillemotUncommon · Sea-cliff ledges (summer)
- Arctic TernUncommon · Northern coasts (summer)
- Arctic SkuaUncommon · Northern moors (summer); sea (passage)
- Common CuckooUncommon · Reedbeds
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