RFI - is 13 July too late for puffins on Farnes? (1 Viewer)

[kittykat23uk]

Hi there

My partner and I are thinking about coming to the farnes and doing a pelagic trip and an all day birdwatch trip on the weekend of the 13/14 July. *

Is this a good time to come to still see lots of seabirds, especially puffins (I hope to see and photograph a lot of puffins bringing sand eels etc) ? Is the pelagic productive this early in the season or would we be better of focusing on one or the other?*

The other dates we had in mind was the 1/2 June or the last two weekends in June but I see pelagic trips are not available then so we'd probably just do an all day bird watch on one or both of the days.

Many thanks

Jo*

 

[Barred Wobbler]

They'll still be there. The puffins leave en masse in the early part of August once the chicks have fledged.

 

[kittykat23uk]

Great! Thanks for the info. Unfortunately it looks like the pelagic trip I was looking to do is fully booked. So we're now thinking of going on the weekend of the 6/7 July and doing the trip to holy island as well as the all day birdwatch.

 

[Vipers]

Have you looked at the Puffin Cruises from Amble? http://www.puffincruises.co.uk/