My post of 5th March 2016 posted photos I had taken of Puffins in 2015 & 1974 at Faraid Point, Durness in the far NW corner of Scotland. This post prompted the comment that in May there were no Puffins at Faraid Point, apparently all cleared by stoats.
So with concern that I would see any Puffins, I returned this June, going back to the same spot as in 2015, and to my relief there were Puffins, and took these photos. Aided by being closer (I braved a ridge to a closer observation point - last year the ground was wet & slippery) and by having a mono-pod, I was able to get clearer shots.
The numbers of puffins on this little outcrop seemed higher than last year, with potentially 50+ birds.
What I did not make clear in my earlier post was that the 2015 photos were not taken actually on the Point, but more at the Eastern entrance to the North cliffs of the Point. Perhaps this would explain why the person who commented did not find any Puffins, as he would have been looking at the grassy slopes nearer the actual Point where my photos in 1974 were taken,
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