Puffin Watching -Original Painting June making it one of the

making it  one of the most popular destinations for visitors on the coast

In the harbour there was a man doing some work on one of the small boats propped up in the mud and we could hear a strange eerie singing

This viewpoint shows Lindisfarne Castle on Holy Island across the narrow stretch of sea

Dramatic white horse waves trailed manes of white spume across the bay

Puffin Watching -Original Painting June making it one of theThe title of this painting, "Puffin Watching" is deliberately ambiguous. Because while people are watching the puffins, those puffins are also watching us! It feels a comfortably relaxed reciprocal arrangement, in which both parties get to see the other, without too much stress or disruption. Listening to a podcast about puffins in Nova Scotia, Canada, the presenter mentioned that researchers there needed a bird hide or "blind" to get close enough to