![]() ![]() Follow the fairly soggy track north from near the east side of the car park, reaching the clifftop after 0.5 mi. Visiting the beach first is easier for navigation. □ Allow 1 hr (excluding viewing time) to visit both the lower (beach, a.k.a. ❌ Extremely infrequent bus passes the car park but there is no official stop | □ Car park at G.R.: NC 920645 /// □ Access from A836 2 mi east of Melvich. The car park is less than a mile away but paths are informal and there are certainly no signposts see below for rough directions. A few puffins reside on steep slopes on the mainland side in the vicinity of the cove, but these should also only be viewed at a distance, from the path down to the beach, since the slippery grass around their burrows also terminates in cliffs. Despite the limitations, this is a stunningly beautiful spot even without the wildlife, with the shingle beach of Puffin Bay itself the best (only) place to gaze up at the cliffs from below. ![]() This inaccessible location protects the birds from land predators and also means that the growing number of human visitors can’t get too close binoculars and / or a good zoom lens are recommended. The vast majority nest on the pointy sea stack of Wester Clett, which protects the bay from northerly storms. Puffin Cove near Melvich is the site of the UK mainland’s largest puffin colony by far, with 3,500 pairs recorded by the RSPB in 2019. Highland | Melvich | Puffin colony | ★★★★ ![]()
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