07/31/2025
Here are some fun facts about puffins from National Geographic:
• Nicknamed “sea parrots” - and sometimes “clowns of the sea” - these are small Atlantic seabirds measure around 25 cm in length.
• Puffins are fab flyers, flapping their wings up to 400 times a minute and speeding through the air at up to 88km an hour!
• These brilliant birds are great swimmers, too. Using their webbed feet as a rudder, puffins can dive down 60m underwater in search of their favourite fish.
• Although puffins are not classed as an endangered species, populations in some areas are in decline due to overfishing and pollution - particularly oil spills.
Puffin painting
10 x 10
