One of the Chinese birds, "inspecting" the landscape.

Chinese Puffins on Hrísey Island

25 May 2019 One hundred-fifty Chinese puffins have arrived in Hrísey island, North Iceland.

From Akurey island.

Puffin Nesting Area Now Natural Reserve

3 May 2019 Guðmundur Ingi Guðbrandsson, umhverfis- og auðlindaráðherra, undirritaði í dag friðlýsingu Akureyjar í Kollafirði. Verndargildi eyjunnar er ekki síst fólgið í mikilvægi hennar sem sjófuglabyggðar.

The puffin has made a landing in Vestmannaeyjar islands.

Puffin Arrives in Vestmannaeyjar Islands

17 Apr 2019 The puffin has arrived in Vestmannaeyjar islands.

Annual pufflings rescue in Westman Islands

18 Sep 2018 It's that time of year again in Iceland, the annual baby puffin, or puffling, rescue in the Westman Islands.

Why are puffins in decline?

1 Sep 2018 “Why are puffins vanishing?”

Puffin numbers have gone dangerously low in recent years.

Iceland's puffin in danger of extinction

24 Apr 2018 The report, which provides a comprehensive look at the health of bird populations globally, has found that the extinction crisis has spread so far that even some well-known species are now in danger. T

Tourists aren't shopping for puffin toys so much anymore.

Downturn in Puffin shops in Iceland

16 Sep 2017 Tourists are spending less money in Iceland and the puffin shops are the ones hit the hardest.

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Puffling found in Reykjavik city centre

25 Aug 2017 A puffling wandered into Skúlagata, a busy seaside street in the Reykjavik city centre last night. It's exremely rare to see pufflings in Reykjavik and this one was lucky enough to end up in the safe hands of SAR team member and Westman Islander Ármann Ragnar Ægisson who found it.

Friends Leon Drannaschk from Berlin and islander Elmar Erlingsson brought in the eighth puffling yesterday to Sæheimar research centre to be weighed.

Puffling rescue time in the Westman Islands

24 Aug 2017 It's that time of year again in Iceland, the annual baby puffin, or puffling, rescue in the Westman Islands.

Drangey Island soon to open for the summer

9 May 2017 The port at Drangey Island in North Iceland is being rebuilt after winter storms. Drangey is one of the biggest colony of puffins in the area, and a popular destination to explore nature for both local and foreign tourists. Locals from the area also visit the island to gather eggs and hunt.

The puffin resides in cliffs all over Iceland and feeds on small fish.

First puffins of the summer spotted in the Westman Islands

18 Apr 2017 First puffins of the summer have arrived in the Westman Islands. They were first spotted in the sea by the islands on Easter Sunday, and later in the evening they arrived at shore.

Watch cute puffin trying to get a feather into his burrow

19 Sep 2016 Puffins make burrows lined with grass, leaves and feathers for their chicks, known as pufflings. Nature photographer Josh Jaggard captured one slightly silly puffin trying to get a large feather into his nest.

Annual research mission on Iceland's disappearing puffins begins

22 Jun 2016 The Westman Islands are the site of one of Iceland's three main puffin colonies. The majority of the world's population of puffins breeds in Iceland but the past decade has seen a significant decline.

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The touristification of Reykjavik: in the grips of the puffin

30 Apr 2016 Tourist shops or what Icelanders refer to as "puffin shops" are constantly on the increase in Reykjavik. Our unscientific research shows that puffins prey on innocent tourists in over 21 shops in the city centre.

Visitors share the island with a fascinating bird population.

Islands of Iceland III: Flatey

27 Mar 2016 Welcome to the third in our four-part Ea­ster series present­ing and celebrat­ing some of the is­lands which decorate the ed­ges of this is­land nati­on. Our next dest­inati­on is Flatey.

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