As regular visitors to Fair Isle and this blog will know, one of the birds synonymous with our isle is the puffin (or “tammie norrie” as we call them in Shetland). After wintering out on the rough seas, the birds have started to return to land, are busy with their burrows and are giving us much joy in the process.

The weather today was beautiful so we couldn’t resist venturing up onto the cliffs at the harbour and seeing how close we could get. It is always amazing how tame and unruffled the birds are by our presence. Being out in nature is one of our favourite things.

Enjoy the photos.