![]() The cameras are generously supported by Sure and Streamdays, enabling the AWT to provide the clearest picture of the colony. ![]() The AWT Puffin Cam will lead to increased awareness of the puffins as viewers virtually bring the birds into their homes, leaning more about them, their behaviours and ways we can all help conserve this species. The Atlantic Puffin is currently listed as an endangered species in Europe by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), with rapid population declines likely due to threats including human disturbance, climate change and pollution. Later in the season there will be even more ways to learn about and see the puffins in action - recorded tours, with a voice over from our Ramsar Officer explaining what the cameras are showing as they move around and talking about what any puffins might be doing if any are in the shot.įinally, you can also follow our regular blogs, detailing the puffin breeding cycle and behaviours to look out for (for example, when the birds might be laying their eggs or when they might start bringing back fish for their chicks) on the website. As well as the usual main and close up cameras, this year the Alderney Wildlife Trust have added Colony Camera which is capable of rotating for views across the island and zooming in on breeding sites or on the birds rafting on the water.Įvery day at 4pm viewers can tune in to a tour of the puffin colony and Burhou on Colony Cam, as it pans across the island and zooms in on key wildlife areas. Please note: The two tours mentioned leaving from Port Clyde and Cutler DO NOT include Audubon Naturalists.You can now watch the puffins on Burhou again, live via Puffin Cam. Puffin Watching tours are available to Machias Seal Island, courtesy of Bold Coast Charter Company, with Captain Andrew Patterson from Cutler, Maine.Puffin watching tours to Eastern Egg Rock are also available from Port Clyde on Monhegan Boat Line.For more information about the Puffin Cruises, please contact the companies directly. Puffin watching tours sail rain or shine, so it is important to bring appropriate attire - including a sweater or windbreaker, and sunscreen.īoth puffin cruise lines recommend reservations. PuffinCam Shetland's puffins will be back Spring 2023. ![]() Cliff Cam 3 Looking north from Sumburgh Head, in the summer you can see close-up views of seabird colonies. The tour features Boothbay Harbor sights, including several lighthouses and a seal ledge, before heading to Egg Rock for a thirty-minute tour around the puffin colony.Īlthough we are often able to come quite close to puffins, they stand only ten inches tall, and binoculars are strongly recommended to enhance your overall experience. SOTEAG Cliff Cam In the summer this webcam becomes alive with activity as the seabird colonies return to the cliffs. Tour participants have also been able to view Harbor Seals, Minke whales, Northern Gannets, and Storm Petrels.īoothbay Harbor is also a point of departure for CAP'n FISH's Island Lady, which offers a two and a half-hour Puffin Cruiseon a few select days in June, plus Mondays and Tuesdays at 1 pm, and Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Sundays at 10 am, from July through late August. In addition to puffins, passengers have an opportunity to view endangered Roseate Terns, Arctic Terns, and Common Terns, along with Black Guillemots, Common Eiders, Laughing Gulls, and many other seabirds. The one and a half hour tour departs New Harbor for Eastern Egg Rock, where the boat slowly circles the island for 30 minutes. The trip departs daily at 5:30pm, and trips end in late August. Hardy Boat Cruises, based in New Harbor on Maine's Pemaquid Peninsula, runs a Puffin Watchcruise in the Spring with Audubon naturalists starting in early June (and without Audubon naturalists beginning in mid-May). Project Puffin provides narrators for the puffin watching tours provided by two companies to view the thriving colony at Eastern Egg Rock, Muscongus Bay, Maine.
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