Yorkshire Puffin Festival

Brilliant beak

Puffins beaks (or bills) change colour throughout the year. In winter they're grey but during the breeding season they become bright and multi-coloured.

Favourite food

Sand eels! Puffins catch these small fish by diving and swimming under the waves. One puffin has been recorded carrying 83 sand eels in its beak at once.

A safe haven

Flamborough Head is a safe haven for puffins. Each summer, thousands of seabirds, including puffins, kittiwakes and razorbills, flock to Yorkshire to raise their young amongst the nooks and crannies of the steep cliffs.

Flying underwater

When swimming, puffins flap their wings as if they're flying through the water. They also use their feet like rudders, to gracefully 'fly' through the waves.

Pick up

Marine pollution is one of the biggest threats to our seas health. Whether you have two minutes or an hour to spare, picking up litter is an active way that you can help puffins. 

Pack up

Sadly 20,000 tonnes of plastic are dumped in the North Sea each year and 40% of plastic produced is just used once. Avoiding single-use plastics in your packed lunch is another great way to help puffins.

Picket 

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