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Puffin Colony at Dyrhólaey

Name: Puffin Colony at Dyrhólaey
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Katrin

August 12, 2020

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The world's largest puffin colony with over 800,000 breeding pairs are here from April to August.

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Petra

October 17, 2021

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Nice place to see puffins. There is a sheltered hut with viewing windows.

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Li Sa

May 19, 2022

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Here you should be able to see a puffin colony, but we did not succeed. You can only see something with binoculars or a good camera. The cell phone has too little power to zoom. In addition, the puffies hide in small caves in the rock and only come out and fly around for a short time. Some want to sit directly under the refuge. I don't think we saw any.

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Elevation 80 m

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Thursday 22 January

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Max wind speed: 68.0 km/h

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