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Another island another puffiN

Lunga Island is a wild location off the coast of Mull in Scotland. To visit has been a long standing ambition which I realised last week. On a windy day in Apri...
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Lunga Island is a wild location off the coast of Mull in Scotland. To visit has been a long standing ambition which I realised last week. On a windy day in April it didnt disappoint. We sat next to puffins, shags, guillemots, fulmars, razorbills and puffins. Great skuas harassed sea birds while great black backed gulls feasted on the ragged remnants of a beached pilot whale. Small wrens hopped through crags and pipits flew between rocks. This puffin offered a portrait in-between the action.

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Canon EOS 7D Mark II

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Aperture f/5.6 ISO 400 Shutter 1/1600 Focal Length 500/1

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May, 2017

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