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 photo: sue lindley the puffin, fratercula arctica, breeds colonially, making their nests in burrows or cracks in cliffs to avoid predators: on the farne islands this means other birds as there are no other animals there (apart that is for a colony of seals, but they're not known to be good climbers!). they spend most of their year at sea, only returning to their breeding colonies in march and leaving once more in august. the male puffin is responsible for the building of the nest, burrowing for up to a metre into the ground; the tunnel then opening up into a nesting chamber, which he then lines with grasses or feathers. the female will lay one egg only, with both parents taking turn to incubate it. | |
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Posted by davidlindley Archived under: england, most commented, wildlife...and not so wild life |
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