the Half Puffin and the One Puffin ref name Purvey cite book author Purvey, Frank year 1963 title ... lighthouse s. The reverse of the Half Puffin coin depicts a puffin s head. The reverse of the One Puffin coin depicts a puffin facing left on a rocky ledge. The unfussy and strong design of the coins ... school. The currency was called the puffin because the islanders had a long history of bartering puffin feathers for food and other commodities. The coins were made of bronze , and landed Harman .... Mr. Harman s face was on the front of the coins, and that of a puffin on the back. There were two denominations, a one puffin coin and a half puffin coin, neatly convertible to a penny and a ha penny ... 20th, 1930 Coins denominated the puffin and half puffin respectively worth a British penny and half ..., also called Puffin Island. Both half and whole puffins bear the likeness of Martin Coles Harman, Esq., London merchant, who bought Puffin Island in 1925 and plays at being its king. On the tails side of a puffin is the head of a puffin sea bird with a parrotlike beak and white cheeks . Puffin Islanders also have puffin stamps. Red and green, in puffin and half puffin denominations, each having a handsome steel engraving of a puffin perched on a rock. The 1965 issue of Lundy coinage In 1965 .... ref name Bruce ref name Krause It has been reported that Lundy puffin forgeries may exist. This seems ... coin set Image 1puffin1929.JPG 1929 1 Puffin coin File Lundy 1 Puffin Obv.jpg 2011 1 Puffin coin gallery 2011 coins A set of five unauthorised fantasy Lundy Puffin coins were put on sale in 2011. These five coins are dated 2011 and are in the Puffin denominations, ranging from half, one, two, four to six. Only half and one Puffin coins have been issued in the past. They carry the same edge inscription as the original coins and the same portrait of Martin Coles Harman. The half and one Puffin ...?topic 11726.0 World of Coins Retrieved 2011 09 29 ref The six puffin coin has a reeded edge and is crown ... more details
File JesseBook.jpg thumb right cover image publ. Puffin Books Puffin Jesse 1988 is a children s picture book written by acclaimed Australia n author Tim Winton and illustrated by Maureen Pritchard. ref http www.penguin.com.au authors author author profile.cfm?AuthorId 0000001952 Publisher s official site ref . It is the story of a small boy exploring the wild countryside beyond his garden gate all alone. Footnotes references Category 1988 books Category Children s picture books Category Australian children s books child picture book stub ... more details
File TheBugalugsBumThief.jpg thumb right 1st edition publ. Puffin Books Puffin The Bugalugs Bum Thief 1991 is a children s novel by acclaimed Australia n author Tim Winton . ref http www.penguin.com.au lookinside spotlight.cfm?SBN 9780140347340 Publisher s Official page ref The Bugalugs Bum Thief is a comedic mystery story about Skeeta Anderson. When Skeeta woke up one morning, he found his bum was gone. This was only the beginning, as he went about the day he discovered that his was not the only bum missing in Bugalugs. Skeeta decides to undertake his own investigation into who the bum thief is, and fix the situation. Footnotes references DEFAULTSORT Bugalugs Bum Thief, The Category 1991 novels Category Novels by Tim Winton Category Australian children s novels child novel stub ... more details
and a witch John &ndash Rosemary s friend Release details 1955, UK, Puffin Books ISBN ?, Pub date ... 1970, UK, Puffin Books ISBN 0 14 030155 0, Pub date 29 January 1970, paperback 1975, UK, Viking ... of Books ISBN 1 59017 126 8, Pub date ? Nov 2004, hardback 2005, UK, Puffin Books ISBN 0 14 131973 ... was reprinted in August 2005 by Puffin. Category 1955 novels Category British children s novels ... more details
Unreferenced date November 2007 Image HatingAlisonAshley.jpg frame Hating Alison Ashley cover Hating Alison Ashley is a 1984 Australia n novel Puffin Books, London and Melbourne, ISBN 0 14 031672 8 by science fiction and children s author Robin Klein . Written as a pre teen comedy, the book has a strong moral undercurrent about the pursuit of happiness and perfection, the pressures of growing up and the power of friendship. It portrays the agonies of school girl rivalries, constant embarrassment by family, and painful and often brutally funny awkwardness and insecurity. One of Klein s most popular pre teen novels, it has since become a standard English text for school students across Australia. The book was nominated for 8 Australian literature awards and won the Young Australian Best Book Award YABBA in 1967 and the Kids Own Australian Literature Award KOALA in 1987. It has since become a play, adapted by Richard Tulloch and directed by Nici Wood , and a film, Hating Alison Ashley film Hating Alison Ashley by Geoff Bennett with Delta Goodrem in the title role. The Plot Hating Allison Ashley is a novel based on two girls that goes to Barringa East Primary. External links http www.penguin.com.au PUFFIN catalog f catalog.cfm?SBN 0140316728 Puffin Books site Category Novels by Robin Klein Category 1990 novels Category Australian children s novels Category Novels adapted into films ... more details
other Lundy disambiguation see also Puffin Island File Iceland 2008 08 04 15 05 27.jpg thumb File Iceland 2008 08 04 15 05 31.jpg thumb Lundey , literally Puffin Island in Icelandic language Icelandic , is a small, uninhabited island off the western coast of Reykjav k , Iceland . It is about 400 meters long and 150 meters wide. Its highest point lies about 14 meters above sea level. The island serves as a haven for seabird s, including puffin s, Black Guillemot black guillemots , fulmar s and Arctic Tern Arctic terns . Frequent sightseeing tours from nearby Sundah fn harbor travel here by boat, as puffins and other seabirds have become a major tourist attraction in Iceland. ref cite web title Tourism in Iceland url http www.visiticeland.com displayer.asp?cat id 599 accessdate 2008 07 19 ref There are two other islands known as Lundey in Iceland one in Skagafj r ur fj rd and the other in Skj lfandi bay, both in north Iceland. References reflist 2 Iceland topics Islands of Iceland Iceland geo stub Category Islands of Iceland coord 64 11 14 N 21 49 50 W type isle display title ca Lundey de Lundey Kollafj r ur fr Lundey is Lundey Kollafir i nl Lundey pt Lundey fi Lundey ... more details
Puffing Billy may refer to Puffing Billy Railway , a narrow gauge tourist railway near Melbourne, Australia Puffing Billy locomotive , an early steam locomotive Puffing Billy Tournament, a board game Train game Tournaments convention focusing on train game s Puffin Billy , a famous piece of light music by Edward White composer Edward White Puffing Billy, military jargon for the M67 Immersion heater Immersion heater Immersion Heater disambig ... more details
Kaye Webb 26 January 1914 16 January 1996 was a British people British journalist and publisher. She was editor of Puffin Books between 1961 and 1979, and in 1967 founded the Puffin Club , which she ran until 1981. As a journalist she worked on publications including Picture Post , Lilliput magazine Lilliput and the News Chronicle , and later edited the Young Elizabethan . Each of her three marriages ended in divorce. Her third marriage 1948&ndash 1967 was to Ronald Searle , who was the father of her son and daughter. ref Julia Eccleshare http www.independent.co.uk news people obituary kaye webb 1324557.html Obituary Kaye Webb , The Independent , 18 January 1996. ref Kaye Webb s archive and working library can be found in the Seven Stories centre for children s books collection, based in Newcastle upon Tyne, and can be searched online. http collection.sevenstories.org.uk Dserve Dserve.exe?dsqIni dserve.ini&dsqApp Archive&dsqCmd Show.tcl&dsqDb Catalog&dsqPos 0&dsqSearch RefNo kw . References references Felicity Trotman, http www.oxforddnb.com view article 60767 Webb, Kathleen Kaye 1914 1996 , Oxford Dictionary of National Biography , Oxford University Press, 2004. Accessed 6 Feb 2008. Further reading Valerie Grove 2010 , So much more to tell . London Viking. ISBN 9781846142000 Biography External links Helen Brown, http www.telegraph.co.uk culture books 7651245 Kaye Webbs Puffin adventure.html Kaye Webb s Puffin Adventure , Daily Telegraph , 30 April 2010. http collection.sevenstories.org.uk Dserve Dserve.exe?dsqIni dserve.ini&dsqApp Archive&dsqCmd Show.tcl&dsqDb Persons&dsqPos 7&dsqSearch text 27kaye 27 AND text 27webb 27 Kathleen Kaye Webb , Seven Stories archive index Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata NAME Webb, Kaye ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 26 January 1914 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 16 January 1996 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Webb, Kaye Category 1914 births Category 1996 deaths Category British journalists Category Place of bir ... more details
Infobox Book See Wikipedia WikiProject Novels or Wikipedia WikiProject Books name Chinese Cinderella and the Secret Dragon Society image Image Chinese Cinderella 2 cover.jpg 200px image caption 2004 Puffin edition author Adeline Yen Mah cover artist Adeline Yen Mah country language English language English series Chinese Cinderella Series genre Children s novel br historical novel publisher Puffin Books media type Paperback pub date 5 Aug 2004 pages 280 preceded by Chinese Cinderella followed by Chinese Cinderella and the Secret Dragon Society is a historical novel by Adeline Yen Mah , published in 2004. It is the fictional sequel to her autobiography for children, Chinese Cinderella . External links http www.adelineyenmah.com Yen Mah s site Category 2005 novels Category World War II novels Category Children s historical novels Category Sequel novels Category Asian American novels Category Novels by Adeline Yen Mah child hist novel stub ... more details
King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table is a children s novel written by Roger Lancelyn Green . It was first published in Puffin Books in 1953 and has been frequently reprinted. ref http www.fantasticfiction.co.uk g roger lancelyn green king arthur and his knights of round table.htm King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table at Fantastic Fiction ref In 2008 it was reissued in the Puffin Classics series. This edition has an introduction by David Almond and illustrations by Lotte Reiniger . The book s originality lies in its attempt to weave together the many legends surrounding King Arthur . Green claimed that Thomas Malory s version of the story was a loose collection of separate stories. Green attempted to relate each legend so that the entire story would have a beginning, middle, and end. Green used many resources besides Thomas Malory in gathering the legends together. References reflist Category 1953 novels Category British children s novels Category Children s fantasy novels Category Modern Arthurian fiction child fantasy novel stub nl Koning Arthur en de ronde tafel ... more details
Through the Hidden Door is a young adult novel by Rosemary Wells . This book was a runner up for a 1988 Edgar Award Edgar Allan Poe Award ref cite web url http www.answers.com topic rosemary wells children s author title Rosemary Wells publisher Answers.com date accessdate 2010 04 25 ref . The book details the story of Barney Penniman, an awkward eighth grader with a lisp who is attending a boarding school. Barney deals with bullies and a headmaster who dislikes him, but finds friendship with a younger, also socially awkward student named Snowy Cobb. The two boys unearth an amazing archeological find and secretly work to dig it up. This book was published by Puffin Books Puffin in 1987. ref cite web url http biography.jrank.org pages 1112 Wells Rosemary 1943.html title Rosemary Wells 1943 Biography Personal, Career, Honors Awards, Writings, Adaptations, Sidelights publisher Biography.jrank.org date accessdate 2010 04 25 ref . References reflist Category 1987 novels Category American young adult novels YA novel stub ... more details
Infobox Book name The Canticle of Whispers image Image Canticle of whispers.jpg 200px author David Whitley cover artist country United Kingdom language English language English series Agora Trilogy genre Fantasy novel Fantasy publisher Puffin Books Puffin release date media type pages isbn oclc preceded by The Children of the Lost followed by The Canticle of Whispers is an upcoming young adult fantasy novel by David Whitley . In an interview with ThirstforFiction, David Whitley stated that the third book in the Agora Trilogy would be called The Canticle of Whispers . ref http www.thirstforfiction.com authors david whitley an interview with david whitley Interview ThirstforFiction ref It would conclude the story that was started in The Midnight Charter , presumably following the characters Mark and Lily. References reflist DEFAULTSORT Canticle Of Whispers Category Upcoming books Category Young adult fantasy novels Category British fantasy novels Category British young adult novels Category Novels by David Whitley ... more details
as a freelance editor, including time on Puffin s Fighting Fantasy gamebook series, he returned to the Nottingham ... Fantasy Convention in San Diego, California. Bibliography Fighting Fantasy Out of the Pit Puffin Books Puffin 1985, monster book, author Citation needed date February 2009 but credited as editor Titan the Fighting Fantasy World Puffin 1986, world guide, author Citation needed date February 2009 but credited as editor 31 Battleblade Warrior Puffin 1988, gamebook Advanced Fighting Fantasy Dungeoneer Puffin 1989, rpg rules, with Pete Tamlyn Advanced Fighting Fantasy Blacksand Puffin 1990, rpg rules, with Pete Tamlyn Demonstealer Puffin 1991, novel The Fighting Fantasy 10th Anniversary Yearbook Puffin 1992, compiler Shadowmaster Puffin 1992, novel, with Ian Livingstone Advanced Fighting Fantasy Allansia Puffin 1994, rpg rules, with Pete Tamlyn Shadowrun 8 Streets of Blood Roc 1993, with Carl ... printed media Gamebooks Sonic the Hedgehog gamebooks with Jonathan Green 5 Theme Park Panic Puffin 1995 6 Stormin Sonic Puffin 1996 Others Ren & Stimpy s Happy Happy Joy Joy Book Puffin 1994, with James Wallis The Bill Killjoys Puffin 1997 The Bill Never Too Young Puffin 1997 Roleplaying games Judge ... Best Green Ronin 2007 Family Games The 100 Best Green Ronin 2010 Non fiction Pog Off Puffin 1995 You Can Surf the Net Puffin 1996, revised US edition 1997 The UFO Investigator s Handbook Puffin 1996 The Ghost Investigator s Handbook Puffin 1997 The Dinosaur Investigator s Handbook Puffin 1997 Magazines ... more details
Patey ref ref Cairngorms, SMC ref ref North East Outcrops, SMC ref Hans Puffin Hans Puffin is a fictitious, anthropomorphic puffin developed during the Autumn of 2008 by members of the club. Hans Puffin ... of Scotland and home to one of the largest puffin colonies in the United Kingdom . Despite being ... , Sutherland , in order to avoid being eaten. In Lochinver, the Puffin family resided for Hans ... up in the North West of Scotland , Hans Puffin mysteriously acquired a cockney accent, and a fondness ... s birth. The name Hans was given to him as the Puffin family originally came from the island of V r y , in Lofoten , Northern Norway , from whence they emigrated due to frequent pestering by Puffin ... more details
children s imprint Puffin Books Puffin into the science fiction software market with the video game ... was announced as the first in the Puffin Personal Computer Collection ref Puffin advertisement for the four ... bar yellow . Puffin contracted Crystal Computing , who had developed the fantasy game Halls of the Things ... of Firetop Mountain by Steve Jackon and Ian Livingstone, Puffin Books, 1982 ref Puffin Books briefly ... more details
ch uan . ref name puffin cite web url http www.puffin.co.uk nf Author AuthorPage 0,,1000046347,00.html title Livi Michael Puffin Books Authors Puffin Books publisher Puffin.co.uk date accessdate 2011 ... with first class honors in 1989, and Ph. D in 1993. ref name puffin She continues writing as she raises her two sons in Diggle, Saddleworth , where she resides till today. ref name puffin class wikitable Favourite book Lord of the Rings ref name puffin Favourite Song Feeling Good Nina Simone ref name puffin Favourite Film Afterlife ref name puffin Most Treasured Possession Hamster Frank. ref name puffin Favourite Memory The view of the sky from the balcony of the flat where she grew up ref name puffin Favourite Place in the World Iceland ref name puffin Career Livi Michael began writing ... Faerie Heart, Puffin 2005 The Whispering Road , Puffin 2006 The Angel Stone, Puffin 2008 Sky Wolves, Puffin Books For Younger Children 2009 43 Bin Steet 2007 City of Dogs, Putnam 2006 Seventeen Times as High as the Moon, Orchard 2005 Frank and the New Narkiz, Puffin 2004 Frank and the Flames of Truth, Puffin 2003 Frank and the Chamber of Fear, Puffin 2002 Frank and the Black Hamster of Narkiz, Puffin References references External links Official website http www.livimichael.com http book covers.lucywho.com ... more details
Taxobox name Spot Puffin image Spot Puffin.jpg image width 250px regnum Animal ia phylum Arthropod a classis Insect a ordo Lepidoptera familia Pieridae genus Appias genus Appias species A. lalage binomial Appias lalage binomial authority Henry Doubleday 1808 1875 DoubleDay , 1842 Spot Puffin , Appias lalage is a small butterfly of the Family Pieridae, that is, the Yellows and Whites, which is found in India. Galleria gallery Image DSCF9314.JPG Spot Puffin gallery References Evans, W.H. 1932 The Identification of Indian Butterflies. 2nd Ed , Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India Gaonkar, Harish 1996 Butterflies of the Western Ghats, India including Sri Lanka A Biodiversity Assessment of a threatened mountain system. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. Gay,Thomas Kehimkar,Isaac & Punetha,J.C. 1992 Common Butterflies of India. WWF India and Oxford University Press, Mumbai, India. Kunte,Krushnamegh 2005 Butterflies of Peninsular India. Universities Press. Wynter Blyth, M.A. 1957 Butterflies of the Indian Region, Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India. See also Pieridae List of butterflies of India List of butterflies of India Pieridae http www.webcitation.org query?url http www.geocities.com prarun 2 Butterflies Sheet 005.jpg&date 2009 10 25 14 24 18 Our Common Butterflies page by Dr. PR Arun External links Category Appias Category Butterflies of India Pieridae stub la Appias lalage nl Appias lalage vi Appias lalage ... more details
Multiple issues refimprove December 2009 notability May 2010 Wiktionary Commotion is a visual effects application, originally released by Puffin Designs. Puffin Designs was founded by Scott Squires an award winning Visual Effects Supervisor at Industrial Light and Magic and Forest Key to market Commotion. Commotion set a very high standard for a rotoscoping application, introducing rotosplines and offering features like motion tracking Disambiguation needed date June 2011 and motion blurring for masks. it was the first desktop application to allow real time playback of full quality video clips from RAM. Puffin Designs was later acquired by Pinnacle in 2000. After another release, Pinnacle let the program languish. Pinnacle has since been acquired by Avid , who shows no signs of reviving the product. The last release was version 4.1. Apple Computer briefly bundled a limited version of the program with Final Cut Pro . ref http www.hollowearth.org blog 2010 02 commotion.html ref ref http www.squiresstudios.com software page18 page18.html ref ref http www.kenstone.net fcp homepage review commotion 4.html ref ref http www.pcmag.com article2 0,2817,7975,00.asp ref ref http www.lafcpug.org commotionpage2 review.html ref ref http www.awn.com mag issue4.06 4.06pages simscommotion simscommotion.php3 ref ref http www.macworld.com reviews product 407326 review commotion pro 40.html ref ref http alatest.com reviews software reviews commotion 3 0 po3 6429,210 ref ref http www.fxguide.com fxtips 243.html ref ref http www.theelectronicmailbox.com videoguy commotion.html ref ref http www.encyclopedia.com doc 1G1 20375835.html ref ref http www.tvtechnology.com article 13478 ref Reflist Compositing Software Category Animation software Category Film and video technology Filming stub ja Commotion ... more details
Infobox Sailboat Specifications image caption class symbol crew 2 loa loh lwl convert 12 ft m beam convert 4.9 ft m draft hull convert 130 lb kg mastheight convert 19 ft m mainsailandjib mainsail convert 65 sqft m2 jib convert 20 sqft m2 spinnaker convert 80 sqft m2 d pn rya pn phrf updated olympic no The Pacer class of Dinghy sailing sailing dinghy , formerly known as the Puffin Pacer , was designed in the United Kingdom by Jack Holt dinghy designer Jack Holt . It was commissioned by Puffin Paints and Glues to be designed as yacht for use by families. It has since become a popular learning and racing dinghy in Australia , Canada , Holland , India and the UK. The name was changed in the UK early 1970s, although Australia continued to use the name until 1989, when they followed the UK in dropping the Puffin and chose the Wedge tailed Shearwater as the boat s symbol. ref name PASHistory cite web title History of the Pacer Class work pacersailing.org.au publisher Pacer Sailing Australia url http www.pacersailing.org.au pacer history text.php accessdate 17 January 2010 ref Available with both wooden and fiberglass hulls and designed to be sailed by a crew of two, the Pacer has a rig consisting of three sails a mainsail , jib and a spinnaker . ref name YACHTePacer cite web title The Pacer work YACHTe url http www.yachte.com.au classes pacer.asp accessdate 17 January 2010 ref References reflist External links http www.pacersailing.org.au Pacer Sailing Australia Sailing Dinghies and Skiffs Category Dinghies Category Boats designed by Jack Holt ship type stub ... more details
Image TUCANCrossing.jpg thumb Toucan crossing No footnotes date November 2010 A toucan crossing is a type of pedestrian crossing found in the United Kingdom that also allows bicycle s to be ridden across. Since two can , both pedestrians and cyclists, cross together, the name toucan was chosen. File Colliers Wood London 2011 15.jpg thumb Toucan crossing signals Toucan crossings are normally 4 metres 13 feet wide, instead of the 2.8 metre 9 feet width of a pelican crossing or puffin crossing . A green bicycle is displayed next to the green man when cyclists and pedestrians are permitted to cross. Additionally, unlike the pelican crossing, before the lights for vehicles go back to green, a steady red and amber are displayed instead of a flashing amber. The pedestrian cyclist signal lights may be on the near side of the crossing like a puffin crossing , or on the opposite side of the road like a pelican crossing . Signalled cycle only crossings also exist, linking cycle tracks on opposite sides of the road. Cycles may be ridden or walked across, but not until the green cycle symbol is showing. ref The Highway Code , Rule 81 ref Another variation on a toucan crossing is the pegasus crossing for horses and their riders. Notes Reflist References The History of British Roadsigns , Dept. for Transport, 2nd Edition, 1999 Pedestrian crossings DEFAULTSORT Toucan Crossing Category Cycling in the United Kingdom Category Pedestrian crossings Category Cycling safety Category Walking in the United Kingdom ... more details
Infobox book name Infobox not meant to handle a title this long messes up article layout and image already says it. How Hedley Hopkins Did a Dare How Hedley Hopkins Did a Dare... title orig translator image Image Paul Jennings Hedley Hopkins.jpg right image caption author Paul Jennings Australian author Paul Jennings illustrator cover artist country Australia language English language English series genre Children s book publisher Puffin Bookn release date May, 2005 english release date media type Print Paperback pages 224 pages isbn 0 14 132043 5 oclc 60512542 How Hedley Hopkins Did a Dare, robbed a grave, made a new friend who might not have really been there at all, and while he was at it committed a terrible sin which everyone was doing even though he didn t know it ISBN 0 14 132043 5 is a children s book written by Australia n author Paul Jennings Australian author Paul Jennings , and published by Puffin Books in May 2005. The story covers a short time in the life of young Hedley Hopkins, an English immigrant to Australia in the 1950s. The book was launched at St. Mary s Cathedral College . An afterword of the novel states that a good deal of the story is autobiographical in nature. Category Australian children s novels Category 2005 novels Category Books by Paul Jennings Category 1950s in fiction Category Novels set in Australia Child novel stub ... more details
This is a list of usually one man aircraft characterized by being strapped on or stood upon rather than sat upon or in. This would include devices that render the pilot essentially part of the aircraft but does not include one seat conventional aircraft. Types of personal aircraft Jet pack s Backpack helicopter s Powered hang glider Powered paraglider Hang glider Paraglider Individual personal aircraft Aerostar Festival Aerothrust Velocity powered paraglider Baumg rtl Heliofly Bell Rocket Belt Jet pack Turbojet pack Bell Jet Belt Bell Pogo a two man flying platform based on the Bell Rocket Belt. Jetpack such as a jet powered wing demonstrated by Yves Rossy . Gluhareff MEG 1 Gluhareff MEG 2 Gluhareff MEG 3 VZ 1 Pawnee Hiller VZ 1 Pawnee flying platform. Moore Jet vest Martin Jetpack Murray M 1 Pentecost HX 1 Hoppi Copter Polyot Yula Powered hang glider harness Powered paraglider harness Puffin aircraft Puffin NASA s personal air vehicle Bell Rocket Belt RB2000 Rocket Belt RB2000 Rocket Belt SoloTrek XFV Jet pack Jump Belt Thiokol Jump Belt Williams X Jet Wasp See also Roadable aircraft for actual aircraft designed to seat one to six persons and also travel on roads Category Lists of aircraft by type Personal aircraft ... more details
One source date December 2007 Baccalieu Island Ecological Reserve is a wildlife nature preserve reserve located on an island off the northeastern tip of Bay de Verde Peninsula part of the Avalon Peninsula of Newfoundland island Newfoundland . Baccalieu Island is the largest seabird island in Newfoundland and supports the greatest diversity of breeding seabirds in Eastern North America. The island supports the largest known colony of Leach s Storm Petrel in the world, approximately 40 of the global population and about 70 of the western Atlantic population of this species. It is a nesting area for 11 breeding species Atlantic Puffin 45,000 pairs approximately 12 of the eastern North America population at Puffin Island Black legged Kittiwake 13,000 approximately 5 to 7 of the western Atlantic breeding population and Northern Gannet 677 pairs approximately 1.5 of the North American population . Northern Fulmar Black Guillemot Common Murre Thick billed Murre Razorbill American Herring Gull Herring Gull Great Black backed Gull The island also includes one of the largest winter populations of Eider in Newfoundland. External links http www.env.gov.nl.ca env parks wer r bie index.html Official web site coord 48 07 35 N 52 48 12 W display title Category Parks in Newfoundland and Labrador Category Nature reserves in Canada Newfoundland geo stub Canada protected area stub ... more details
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