Tuesday 18th May 2010
Snogging Shetland puffins are latest internet sensation
The RSPB
Forget wedding dances and previous world cup bloopers, the clown of the skies, the puffin, is becoming the latest internet hit.
In what is believed to be a world first, live images from a puffin burrow are being broadcast on the internet, and people are fast becoming addicted to ‘puffincam’ as the colourful birds are seen eating, sleeping, shuffling about and even snogging.
Two cameras have been put around a puffin burrow at Sumburgh Head on Shetland, and images are being beamed to the nation via the RSPB website.
The puffincam is part of the wildlife charity’s ‘Date With Nature’ at Sumburgh Head, one of many UK-wide projects aimed at giving people up close and personal experiences with nature.