The Puffins of Skomer Island | Bristol Nature Channel

Heather explored the beautiful Skomer Island off the Pembrokeshire coast to meet its colourful inhabitants, the Atlantic puffins.

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(Disclaimer - the use of a drone is forbidden on Skomer Island. Instead, we flew our drone off the mainland coast in a safe location using the CAA drone code to help the narrative of the film).

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Presented and produced by Heather Lampard

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Camera - Canon 550d

Puffins are an iconic British bird however, they only spend a short amount of their time here. When they finally arrive they make a colourful and characterful impression on us all!

Puffins spend most of the winter feeding and floating on the Atlantic Ocean. Come the breeding season, they make their way to breeding sites all across the UK coastline. Here on Skomer, thousands arrive ready to find their mate for life and bring a puffling into the world.

Don’t be fooled by their large numbers on Skomer and other islands. Puffins are struggling to survive the effects of climate change. The warmer weather has changed where and when the puffins food is available putting their lives out of sync with the environment. Struggling to find food their numbers are dropping and puffins are now listed as vulnerable on the IUCN red list. The RSPB have launched a new project which uses citizen science to investigate their decline. All you have to do is send them a photo of a puffin with food in its beak after visiting one of their colonies this year. Scientists want to analyse the photo and see how climate change is affecting the diet of our beloved puffins.

[BadgerBotherer]

One of my favourite places. Been there many times. Enjoyed your excellent video.

[SimonBoothPhotography]

That was so well presented. Very professional in every sense!

[wildlifewithevie]

honestly this is the best video u have done it was brilliant this genuinely needs to be on country file, spring watch or something like that. x

[DivingWithMatt]

Great video! The Puffin shots are amazing!

[jamesweston]

Good shots..never got the hype with puffins..razorbills and skuas rule..bit plum BBC for me..have worked with wildlife for many years and normally the backbone is a lot less glam and stylish.. normally some scruffy guy or lady covered in scratches and dirt, with a broad accent