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Every year, puffin chicks get disorientated by light pollution and crash into nearby Icelandic islands on their way out to sea.
A small, rocky island off Iceland is home to the world’s largest breeding colony of Atlantic puffins. When breeding season is in full swing, around 1.5 million adults pair up and nestle into ...
Key Background Iceland’s largest group of puffins live in the Westman Islands off the south coast of the country, where about 60% of the world’s Atlantic puffins choose to breed.
Every year during the late summer, locals on a remote island off the coast of Iceland spend their evenings searching for disorientated puffin chicks — known as pufflings — and throw them off a cliff's ...
Seal Island, which sits 21 miles off Rockland, was once home to the largest Atlantic puffin colony in the Gulf of Maine.
Throwing thousands of baby puffins off a cliff is a yearly tradition for the people of Iceland's Westman Islands. It's part of what's known as "puffling season" and is a crucial life-saving endeavor.
Our visit to the island of Heimaey, in the Westman Islands, a ferry ride off Iceland, gave us a chance to rescue puffin chicks during ‘puffling season.’ ...
Relaxing in a hot spring river, snorkeling between tectonic plates, and exploring lava tube caves—there’s enough to do in Iceland to fuel a lifetime of vacations.
Every year during the late summer, locals on a remote island off the coast of Iceland spend their evenings searching for disorientated puffin chicks — known as pufflings — and throw them off a ...