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A Westray Tammie Norrie
Or a puffin to the rest of us not on Orkney! For some reason all the locals call birds by different names... the Puffin being the Tammie Norrie .... which in a way suits these little birds very well.
We spent a day over on the Isle of Westray which has a large Puffin colony. Going early August I thought we probably would have missed them all... but for whatever reason there was a few still holding out before heading off for the long winter at Sea. They where quite far off but managed this nice shot with the long lens. I say long winter... but in actual fact they probably much prefer it out there on reflection... hence why they go in the first place... they are sea birds after all and when you watch them on land... well they are a bit clumsy looking!
A Westray Tammie Norrie
Or a puffin to the rest of us not on Orkney! For some reason all the locals call birds by different names... the Puffin being the Tammie Norrie .... which in a way suits these little birds very well.
We spent a day over on the Isle of Westray which has a large Puffin colony. Going early August I thought we probably would have missed them all... but for whatever reason there was a few still holding out before heading off for the long winter at Sea. They where quite far off but managed this nice shot with the long lens. I say long winter... but in actual fact they probably much prefer it out there on reflection... hence why they go in the first place... they are sea birds after all and when you watch them on land... well they are a bit clumsy looking!