2015 / Nature / Wildlife

I'm Sorry

  • Photographer
    Johan Siggesson

After 6 days photographing the Atlantic Puffin for 10-12 hours a day, I unexpectedly got an extra day on the remote island of Fair Isle due to a canceled flight as a result of fog. Despite the urge to stay in and rest I ventured back out to the cliffs and found this little fellow close to the cliff edge on this minute island north of mainland Scotland. He (I presume) looked so human and apologetic with the flower in his bill. Exactly like he has been out doing something he wasn't proud of and is now on his way home to ask for forgiveness.

A wildlife photographer from Sweden residing on the small Mediterranean island of Malta. From an early age I was passionate about animals and the natural world. Before Animal Planet, Nat Geo Wild and the likes, I was always glued in front of the weekly nature program on Swedish state television. No matter if it was lions in Africa, wolves in Yellowstone or Polar bears in Svalbard, I practically grew up with Sir David Attenborough’s voice at the back of my head.