Uploaded January 2018 | Updated September 2026, 18 hours ago
Directed by Ian McCarthy and narrated by Andrew Sachs, "Puffins" was produced by the RSPB Film Unit in 1988.
Puffins return from wintering in the open ocean to breed at the bleak clifftop colony on Hermaness in the Shetlands. They nest in last year's burrow unless it has collapsed or been occupied by others. The great skua dives down on densely packed puffins. The puffin can be ungainly in the air but underwater shots reveal it's grace. The chicks make their pre-dawn dash down to the sea and depart for their first ocean winter.
Directed by Ian McCarthy and narrated by Andrew Sachs, "Puffins" was produced by the RSPB Film Unit in 1988.
Puffins return from wintering in the open ocean to breed at the bleak clifftop colony on Hermaness in the Shetlands. They nest in last year's burrow unless it has collapsed or been occupied by others. The great skua dives down on densely packed puffins. The puffin can be ungainly in the air but underwater shots reveal it's grace. The chicks make their pre-dawn dash down to the sea and depart for their first ocean winter.
