Puffin bird (Loko glugger)

Here’s an old favourite- the sinister puffin bird.
I took this picture on a visit to the mystical island of Lundy, just off the coast of Swansea.

Lundy actually means ‘Land of the puffin bird’.
The islanders are fond of hunting the puffin birds, which live in underground burrows, and use specially bred terriers (puffin hounds) to flush them out. The practice is known as puffin baiting.
Of course, the puffin bird is associated with many superstitious beliefs.
The majority of puffin bird superstitions revolve around the sighting of a lone puffin bird. There are some curious customs associated with this. It is the most common of the puffin bird superstitions, and throughout the British Isles it is believed that it is unlucky to look upon a lone puffin bird and there are some interesting regional beliefs about what you should do to ward off any bad luck. For example: In Scotland and Northern Ireland one should shoot the lone puffin bird; whereas in some parts of England one should throw a stone at it! Puffin bird superstitions in Yorkshire suggests that the bird is associated with witchcraft and therefore an ill omen - one should make a sign of a cross or take off your clothes in respect to ward off any evil. Another from remote parts of the county suggests that an individual should imitate the lone puffin bird's missing partner – by making a loud squealing noise! Apparently the puffin bird has significance overseas as well - in Tristan da Cuhna, one of the more popular puffin bird superstitions has folk believing that the puffin bird can foretell people what they will be having for dinner.

What a load of nonsense.