Cliff tops, empty and dark for months, turn to commotion near the beginning of April with the arrival of antic, adorable-looking Atlantic puffins. Smallest of the four puffin species, they have ...

There are four species of puffins: Atlantic, horned, tufted and (despite the misleading name) rhinoceros auklets. They live ...

make-up-like saucers that surround their sorrowful eyes. Much like clowns removing their make-up at the end of a show, puffins shed their characteristic looks when the mating season finishes.

Alderney Wildlife Trust says the number of puffins is good but they are still vulnerable One fibreglass puffin has stood outside The Book House in Thame for more than 50 years. A young puffin ...