Information about the Puffling Patrol

Monday, 28 April 2025

Puffling season

by LUNDI

In late August and early September, puffin chicks, also known as pufflings, begin to think about leaving their nest after being well taken care of by their parents. Late at night, when they start to get hungry and their parents have disappeared, they decide to permanently leave their burrow. Using the moonlight for guidance, they fly off and head towards the ocean. Some pufflings, however, get disorientated by the lights in Vestmannaeyjar and fly towards town. These pufflings need a little assistance.

Luckily, the pufflings have good allies in town. The town is filled with helpful children, eager to rescue the misguided pufflings. The first night the rescued pufflings stay at their rescuers house, safely secure in a cardboard box. The next day, they are brought to Puffling Patrol for processing, where they are weighed, measured and marked.  Then, later that same day, they are brought to the ocean and released to freedom.

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