Pout’s Puffin Patrol

 Hello my lovelies. 

I enjoyed an amazing trip recently on a friend’s boat and it really is best described in pictures.  So my plan for today’s post is to let the pictures mostly do the talking. 

Let’s see how I do. 

We went out on a Puffin Patrol. 

At this time of year cute puffins fly from near the arctic to nest.  They find their way instinctively to a specific section of rock around the back of neighboring island Herm.  This happens every year without fail.  Clever eh. 

So last Saturday we left St Peter Port for the short trip across to Herm, which took about 8 minutes at a top speed of 30 knots (about 35 mph).

And then we cruised around to the eastern side of the island, where the puffins nest. 

Just before Puffins’ Place is a blow hole, hewn out of the rock by the sea over time. 

Fortunately we’d chosen a lovely day and the sea was calm. 

We found quite a few puffins.  Unfortunately my blow ups don’t do these little cuties justice.  

This one has a fish in its mouth. 

But as my pics aren’t that clear

here’s some someone made earlier!

The little cuties have short wings relative to their chunky bodies; they still fly well obvs, heavens they get here from Iceland!  But they’re not the most elegant of landers and tend to crash land on the rocks when taking the fish back to their babies. 

Then we went on a seal search. 

Around this rocky area. 

A cormorant. 

Neighboring Jethou on the left. 

And finally we found a pair of seals!

This one popped up his head out to check us out. 

A better pic of a seal. 

Anyway I think I can tell the story better on film, so here’s a little snippet I put togetherness amateurishly for you. 

If the link above doesn’t work for you, please follow this link

https://youtu.be/Gy5ixzAmpqc

I hope you enjoyed this little trip to our neighbouring island of Herm. 

A la perchoine,

Mary xxx.