Heimay Puffin release

In August young puffins (pufflings) no longer fed by their parents attempt to leave their cliff-side nests. Drawn by the lights of Heimaey, hundred of the young birds spread their wings and glide down from the mountains only to strand themselves on the pavement of the town. Local children collect them in cardboard boxes, releasing them in the morning by tossing them high in the air towards the ocean.