Puffins in Elliston

Yesterday afternoon, I arrived in Elliston. I set up my tent in the Elliston Municipal Park (only $15 and you get a raised gazebo with electricity!), and immediately headed to the Atlantic puffin viewing site. They were all situated one large rock away, and there were more seagulls than puffins, but it was cool nonetheless. The seagulls and their young, still brown, reminded me of Berlengas island in Portugal so that was a cool connection.

I thought there might be more puffins in the early morning, and it should be a nice sunrise. I went back to my tent, read a bit, and fell asleep before 9. The plan worked and I woke up at around 5:45. I hiked to the rock, only a little over 1 km away, and was happy to see I was right. There were many more puffins, and a couple even came on to my rock! Apologies for the shaky video. It was pretty windy this morning!Read more