Every year, I try to arrange to go and see the puffins on Northumberland's Farne Islands. In 2025 I managed two visits, at different stages of the breeding cycle.
By July the pufflings have all hatched. Every parent pair now has the task of feeding their single hungry chick. They only have about 40 days to protect and nourish the offspring before it will have to live independently out in the North Atlantic. Each parent bird takes turns to go fishing and to protect the developing chick, protecting it from the predatory gulls. It's a time of intense activity for the birds, out at sea in all weathers fishing, then guarding their catch as they return to the burrow.
Puffins are exemplary parents.
Like all of my standard prints, this is printed with a white border, on a heavy duty matt archival quality paper, using pigment based professional colours, to produce a fine quality print that will give decades of pleasure. Title and artist's signature on the lower edge of the border. Shipped rolled, without mount, ready to frame.
SIZE- Coloured area of print 29 cm x 34.5 cm
