Puffins - gift ideas for puffin lovers

Puffins are one of Britain's best loved and most easily recognisable birds with their comical look.  According to the RSPB, they are best spotted at breeding colonies at venues such as the RSPB's Bempton Cliffs (N Yorks) and South Stack (Anglesey) reserves; the Farne Islands and Coquet Island (Northumberland); the Isle of May (off the Fife coast); and the Shetland and Orkney Islands. And they've made a comeback on the Isle of Muck, say Ulster Wildlife!   The National Trust has a guide to puffins here.  

Like so many animals, puffins are not having an easy time of it and they find themselves on the Red List.  BUT on Skomer Island, Pembrokeshire, the South and West Wales Wildlife Trust have announced a record-breaking year with 43,626 puffins recorded on the Skomer Island Nature Reserve.   Find out more here.

For those who want to make a difference  - Adopt a puffin!

There are a number of charities you can adopt a puffin from as a gift, including the Wildlife Trust of South and West Wales.  For £25, you'll help the Trust's work on Skomer and Skokholm Islands.  Click here for information on adoption packs.  

You can also adopt a Burhou Puffin from the Channel Island of Alderney and the Alderney Wildlife Trust - it's the only Wildlife Trust in the Channel Islands.  

RSPB Puffins and lighthouse wall clock 

This is the RSPB Puffins and lighthouse wall clock, and it's 25cm diameter.  It does need 3x AA batteries which aren't included.  It's £25.00 from the RSPB.  

There's a watch too for £30.00!  Take a look at it here. 

Puffins : Life on the Atlantic Edge

Internationally renowned photographer Kevin Morgans celebrates the iconic Atlantic puffin and its place in the ecology of the British Isles.   The puffin must surely be the best loved and most recognisable of all Britain's seabirds, and Morgans documents their lives and relationship with Britain's windswept coast in this book in a series of incredible images.  It's available from Hive.co.uk for £21.75 (instead of £29.99) 

What about something to wear?

This puffin brooch is by Bill Skinner who has created brooches exclusively for the RSPB.   They are hand-crafted in Kent and fnished beautifully with enamel and tiny Swarovski crystals. The puffin measures 2 x 3.6 cm.  Just £35.00..  Waddle away to the RSPB's Online Shop 

How about a soft toy puffin?

This Atlantic Puffin soft toy is from the Natural History Museum  - so adorable!  From £22.00 from the Natural History Museum

What about a Personalised Puffin Mug?

These beautifully illustrated personalised puffin mugs would make a lovely gift for a puffin lover - you can add their name!  The mugs come in wrapped in tissue paper and in a smash-proof cardboard box.  The design in printed on both sides, and they are printed in Sussex.  Available from Not on the High Street for £15.00.