Puffin Main Cam

Between March and July discover the fascinating lives of Alderney’s seabirds through our live webcam from the heart of the Puffin colony on Burhou.  If you want to find out more about how to see them in person why not www.visitalderney.com.

The main webcam is perfect for getting an overview of the main puffin colony area, with views of lots of the burrows. Look out for flying mud as the puffins re-dig and shape burrows, and later, puffins bringing back material like weed and grass to line their nest. Later in the season, from the end of May, the puffins will be bringing back fish for the pufflings inside. You might even be lucky enough to see a puffling leave the burrow for the first and final time at night in July! They head straight out to sea and won't return to land until they themselves are ready to breed from about 5 years of age.

On the webcams you will be able to see Puffins, Herring Gulls, Lesser Black-backed Gulls and Great Black-backed Gulls. Gulls often hover by the burrows, waiting for the puffins to bring back fish which they will try and steal - known as kleptoparasitism. Rabbits also often appear in the camera as they share the burrow area with the puffins, sometimes even leading to a stand off! In recent years we have also spotted Peregrines, Buzzards and Curlew on the cameras. The cameras are infra-red (harmless to wildlife), meaning you can watch Burhou's nightlife - try and catch a glimpse of Storm Petrels at night too.

Want a view that never changes? Try the Puffin Burrow Cam to get a constant and intimate look at the main puffin breeding area.