Puffin with a bit of a mouthful
I took this Puffin photograph on a boat trip around Coquet Island in Northumberland where many thousands of Puffins nest. Unlike the Farne Islands, Coquet barely has any cliffs so is not inhabited by Guillemots and Razorbills so the experience is more "wall to wall" Puffins. They catch and hold sandeels crosswise in their bill, using their tongue to hold them in place against the bill. They use this technique to bring food back to their young but this was a bit too early for young so was probably for courtship feeding. I did upload a similar photo from the Farnes but that was side-on. I thought this overhead shot was sufficiently different. I used 1/1600 exposure and the wing tips are still blurred.
Puffin with a bit of a mouthful
I took this Puffin photograph on a boat trip around Coquet Island in Northumberland where many thousands of Puffins nest. Unlike the Farne Islands, Coquet barely has any cliffs so is not inhabited by Guillemots and Razorbills so the experience is more "wall to wall" Puffins. They catch and hold sandeels crosswise in their bill, using their tongue to hold them in place against the bill. They use this technique to bring food back to their young but this was a bit too early for young so was probably for courtship feeding. I did upload a similar photo from the Farnes but that was side-on. I thought this overhead shot was sufficiently different. I used 1/1600 exposure and the wing tips are still blurred.