The Mouls Puffins (1 Viewer)

Jubilee Queen has started trips to the Mouls - the website is unfortunately not showing departure times as the charming lady who ran the website and sold tickets on the boat has sadly died.
The mobile number for the boat does work.
Went out today and there were fair numbers of Guillemot, Razorbill, Shag and Gannet all on a shoal of fish....couldn't see any Puffin...took some pics of the east side of the island...the Puffins use the Mouls to nest as the east side has an earth bank they can burrow into but couldn't see any birds.

Skipper commented that he sees Puffins more as the weather worsens which is certainly my experience from last year.

However we went out to where the Gannets were diving as yesterday they were accompanied by an estimated 500 Dolphins - no Dolphins today but about 10 Harbour Porpoises showing only briefly but one was an albino !!

Managed to get out today - Skipper estimates 15 pairs which we soon see flying laps of the Mouls rock trying to evade the gulls as they attempt to take sand eels to the burrows.

Gulls are also attacking the Guillemots & Razorbills nests which are totally exposed.

Passage of Gannets going west as were the Puffins to find food.

Skipper says there's three maybe four weeks till the birds leave.

Managed to get out every week to see the Puffins but today was a bit different.
Two blokes managed to get out there and were wandering around the island - they drove off all the Razorbills, Guillemots and Puffins.
All the Shags were on the water and the Gulls up in the air.

Only plus was an Ocean sunfish.

Another year gone by.
Out today on the Jubilee Queen, Celtic warrior spotted a Pilot Whale off Pentire.
At the Mouls 5 Puffin on the water and 2 at nests - Skipper thinks there are 24 in total.