Throwing thousands of baby puffins off a cliff is a yearly tradition for the people of Iceland's Westman Islands. It's part of what's known as "puffling season" and is a crucial life-saving endeavor.

This is puffling season, the time of year when puffin chicks ... In fact, according to Hansen, the average puffin population in Iceland has decreased by 70 percent over the last 30 years.

It’s puffling season on Heimaey, a volcanic island in the Vestmannaeyjar archipelago along the southern coast of Iceland. Just 4,500 people call the island home, but over a million puffin ...

A small, rocky island off Iceland is home to the world’s largest breeding colony of Atlantic puffins. When breeding season is in full swing, around 1.5 million adults pair up and nestle into ...

Meanwhile, the puffin population in Iceland has declined drastically, from eight million in 1995 to 3.5 million in 2022, ... a reduction from the usual six-week season. More on this topic.

Even though Northern Lights season is all but wrapped up, puffin season is just beginning! Plus, you won't find the frigid cold weather Iceland is known for, come May through the end of Summer.

Our visit to the island of Heimaey, in the Westman Islands, a ferry ride off Iceland, gave us a chance to rescue puffin chicks during ‘puffling season.’ Updated Sept. 28, 2024 at 6:02 a.m ...

It’s puffin-counting season–and you can watch. ... In Iceland, humans throwing baby puffins is a good thing. ] “Despite puffins spending much of their time ‘rafting’ out at sea, ...