Puffin In Bluebells.

The Isle Of Lunga is always a special place to visit and spend a few hours, but right now, with both the sea pinks and bluebells in bloom, it's heavenly.

Canon R5 RF100-500mm, 500mm, ISO 400, 1/2000th.

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@petewalkden

I didn't know puffins made burrows... I now see there's apparently a "live cam" of one here...

https://explore.org/livecams/puffins/puffin-burrow

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@bodhidave They can dig them out, but will often also use old ones that rabbits dug out.

@petewalkden

heh... and you've now reminded me... I'm in a new place, and have discovered there's a groundhog burrow dug out in the hill in the back yard... but the groundhog has also been using the old crawlspace they "found" beneath my house

@petewalkden
In German, the bird is named Papageientaucher. But "puffin" sounds quite funny and we should take that name, too.
@Bilchi
@petewalkden nice shot. Sadly, my first thought on seeing the title was that was the prompt for a stunningly well rendered AI image.
Keep making beautiful real images, please
@petewalkden this is a gorgeous photo <3