As you may or may not have heard there’s a very important election happening at the moment. Yes, the power is in the hands of the people. The power to choose, the power to make a difference, the power to, for once and for all, choose Britain’s national bird!
Whittled down from a longlist of sixty finely feathered favourites, there are now just ten candidates to choose between – including our obvious hero, the puffin!
But why are Puffins the absolute best? Well here are a few reasons to impress eggheads everywhere.
1. Coming in at just ten inches and with a colourful beak, puffins are some of the best looking birds around.
2. Not only do they look pretty fly, but they’ve also got a great sense of humour and are sometimes called ‘sea parrots’ or ‘clowns of the sea’.
3. Puffins can flap their wings up to 400 times a minute, reaching speeds of 88 kilometres per hour! That’s pretty impressive for such a little bird – Peter Pan better get some extra fairy dust if he wants to keep up.
4. Many puffins stay with the same partner forever so we’re pretty sure they’re romantics at heart.
5. A baby puffin is called a puffling, which is just about the cutest word we’ve ever head to go with the cutest baby bird. Did you spot this little tyke, born in 2014? You christened her Arrietty!
6. It may not be 20,000 leagues like Captain Nemo, but the little puffin can dive 60 metres underwater.
7. Puffins lay just one egg a year – which makes each and every one very special indeed.
Puffin’s been on a campaign trail around London – if you see him then let us know @PuffinBooks and #VotePuffin now.
Voting closes at midnight, May 7th 2015 and Britain’s national bird will be announced thereafter!
Puffins don’t get much cuter than Oona and Baba on Puffin Rock. Don’t miss the premiere on Monday, 18th May, 6:30pm on Nick Jr.
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