Puffin Fest at Auchmithie

There were at least 22 Puffins either on the sea just offshore or flying around further out and they stayed like that until they'd decided I wasn't a threat hiding in the rocks on the beach. After a period of time most birds flew into their nests, fed the chicks and flew back out to fish again so these photos were taken in around a five minute period of action. They fly faster than you'd think!

Flying in to a nest, I didn't see any birds with sand eels though

The old red sandstone and the shade giving everything a red hue

Male Stonechat who looked to be guarding a nest near Auchmithie

Rock Pipit on the beach