Gatherall’s Crafts
Puffins & Seabirds Newfoundland
Newfoundland’s Best Craft Store
Gatherall’s craft store is regarded by thousands of visitors annually as one of if not the best craft store experience in Newfoundland. A fabulous selection of locally produced artworks, knitwear, quilts, carvings and more showcased in a beautiful setting. A great addition to your tour or as a stand alone shopping experience, Gatherall’s Craft Store is sure to offer something for just about anyone.
Our neighbourhood really has colourful characters!
Puffins are excellent swimmers, using their wings to ‘fly’ underwater while using their feet to control direction. They hunt a variety of small fish including capelin and sand lance. Puffins spend unto 8 months at sea and do not come to land outside of the breeding season. Theirs days and nights are spent flying, preening, swimming or riding the ocean surface throughout the year regardless of weather.
During the cruise, our guides provide loads of information and insight into the lives and habits of these incredible creatures. If you are travelling with us throughout mid-August and early September, you may also have an opportunity to participate in Puffin Patrol (the release of wayward pufflings) .
The Puffins’ Neighbourhood.
Other seabirds in addition to puffins are typically encountered during the cruise. Nesting seabird include Common Murres, Black Guillemots, Razorbilled Auks, Black Legged Kittiwakes, Leache’s Storm Petrels, Northern Fulmars, and several species of gulls. Northern Gannets are routinely sighted and on foggy days, both Greater and Sooty Shearwaters may be observed playing among the swells.
Our guides will do their best to point out the different seabirds encountered throughout the cruise as well as their nesting sites for your reference. It helps of course, if you take a moment before the cruise to consult your guide book so that you have an image of the different birds.