The Yorkshire Wildlife Trust (TWT) are hosting the hugely popular Yorkshire Puffin Festival today and tomorrow at Flamborough Cliffs nature reserve today and tomorrow- Saturday 7th & Sunday 8th June 2025.
The Flamborough Headland is one of the best places in the country to see puffins from land – as well as thousands of other seabirds.
For further details:
https://www.ywt.org.uk/yorkshire-puffin-festival?
Puffin Facts:
BRILLIANT BEAK
Puffins beaks (or bills) change colour throughout the year. In winter they’re grey but during the breeding season they become bright and multi-coloured.
FAVOURITE FOOD
Sand eels! Puffins catch these small fish by diving and swimming under the waves. One puffin has been recorded carrying 83 sand eels in its beak at once.
A SAFE HAVEN
Flamborough Head is a safe haven for puffins. Each summer, thousands of seabirds, including puffins, kittiwakes and razorbills, flock to Yorkshire to raise their young amongst the nooks and crannies of the steep cliffs.
FLYING UNDERWATER
When swimming, puffins flap their wings as if they’re flying through the water. They also use their feet like rudders, to gracefully ‘fly’ through the waves.
