In winter puffins also moult away their wing feathers, rendering them flightless. They look so different and are so rarely seen in winter that in the past any scientists who did see them tended to ...
In winter puffins also moult away their wing feathers, rendering them flightless. They look so different and are so rarely seen in winter that in the past any scientists who did see them tended to ...
"First we had the incredibly rare bridled tern, then a couple of days ago we saw an unusual puffin, it has white and brown feathers but when the light reflects on it they look golden," he said.
For the breeding season puffins change their costume. Their beaks grow thicker and brighter, white feathers replace black ones, and eye ornaments appear, the face now like a Kabuki actor’s.
The young puffin has only a few black feathers and its bill is largely orange. SWT said the bird's lack of pigmentation was caused by a genetic condition called leucism. The trust manages the ...