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9 June 2024

Glorious puffins

Oh my goodness, where do I start!  This for me was the undoubted highlight of the whole Iceland adventure: The chance on Grimsey Island to get close to puffins and get good photos of them, including photos of them in flight.  I was in absolute ecstasy. This was the realisation of one of my most longstanding life goals.

Puffins are known by many as the "comedians of the ocean".  They have so much personality and you can't help but fall in love with them. They are incredibly photogenic with their quizzical expressions, tuxedo overcoats and their brightly coloured bills. They also interact beautifully with each other. This explains why I have wanted to get close to them for so long. 

I got to photograph a couple of individuals in The Arctic in 2022 but Iceland took this to a whole new level. Grimsey Island has tens of thousands of Puffins. It was a veritable Puffin fest !!  

I hope you enjoy viewing the photos as much as I enjoyed taking them. Nature is just so wondrous!























































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6 comments:

Anonymous said...

Graeme, what a wonderful & informative video of the variety of Iceland’s sea birds - you have captured them in all their magnificence! Thank you, Yogi.

Marcos Golden said...

AMAZING !!

Cherrill said...

I loved every second of that beautiful video.   Graeme’s photography is quite magnificent!

Gill said...

Thanks so much for sending the video, what amazing photos Graeme has taken, it was such a joy to watch, he is skilled beyond words.

Matt said...

Graeme! Wonderlike fotos my broer, jy is ongelooflik!!

Michael said...

Wow! Great pics. Thank you. I do like the pics of puffins landing – into the wind, full flaps with landing-gear down; they’ve obviously studied the behaviour of aircraft? I also enjoyed pics of “the team”.

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